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PRINCETON,  y.  J. 
The  StcBhen  Collins  Douatioii. 

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MANUAL  OF  DEV.OTION, 

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RELIGIOUS  EXEECISES 

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FOR  THE   nsE   OP 


SCHOOLS  AND  PRIVATE  FAMILIES. 


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BY  N.  C.  BROOKS,  A.  M., 

PRESIDENT  OF  THE   BALTIMORE   FEMALE   COLLEOE. 


SIXTH  EDITION. 

NEW    YORK: 
PUBLISHED   BY   A.   S.   BARNES    &    Co. 

CINCINNATI :    H.  W.  DERBY  &  CO. 
18  55, 


Entered,  according  to  the  act  of  Congress,  in  the  year 
eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-two,  by  N.  C.  BROOKS, 
in  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  Maryland 


TO 

PARENTS,   GUARDIANS, 

AND   THE 

INSTRUCTORS    OF    YOUTH 

IN  THE  UNITED  STATES, 

CHs  ifHanual  of  ^eUfltous  32%zvcUzB 

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SCHOOLS  AND  PRIVATE  FAMILIES, 

IS  RESPECTFULLT  DEDICATED 
BY 

NATHAN   COVINGTON   BROOKS. 


PREFACE. 


As  the  only  guarantee  of  the  permanency  and  pros- 
perity of  a  Republic,  is  to  be  found  in  the  intelligence 
and  virtue  of  the  people,  it  is  to  be  regretted  that  hith- 
erto, in  the  educational  systems  of  our  country,  there 
has  been  so  httle  recognition  of  God  and  of  the  sanc- 
tions which  religion  gives  to  morahty  and  virtue. 
Convinced  of  the  necessity  of  educational  reform  in 
this  respect,  and  of  the  importance  of  imbuing  the 
mind  early  with  religious  sentiments,  I  have  prepared 
in  the  Manual  of  Devotion,  a  series  of  exercises 
which  are  intended  to  present  the  great  fundamental 
truths  of  our  holy  Christianity,  in  a  way  calculated  to 
interest  the  youthful  mind  in  the  study  of  the  Bible, 
and  to  impress  the  heart  with  feelings  of  a  religious 
and  devotional  character. 

To  prevent  that  wandering  of  the  mind  which  is 
too  common  in  schools,  on  the  ordinary  reading  of  a 
chapter  by  the  Teacher,  as  well  as  to  engage  all  pres- 
ent in  a  direct  act  of  devotion,  I  deemed  it  advisable 
to  make  a  part  of  the  exercises  consist  of  alternate 
readings  and  responses  by  the  Teacher  and  the 
Scholars.  As  these  are  made  up  of  extracts  from  the 
Bible,  it  is  hoped  they  will  prove  acceptable  to  all  de- 
nominations of  Christians. 
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VI  PREFACE. 

After  singing  one  of  the  hymns,  and  reading  the 
morning  or  evening  lesson,  the  Teacher  will  offer  a 
prayer  to  the  throne  of  Grace.  At  the  close  of  his 
petition,  all  the  Scholars  will  unite  with  him  in  re- 
peating the  Lord's  Prayer. 

For  the  convenience  of  Teachers  who  may  desire 
some  assistance  in  directing  their  thoughts  in  prayer, 
an  edition  of  the  Manual  is  published,  containing  an 
appropriate  Prayer  for  each  Morning  and  Evening  of 
the  Month.  When  these  are  used,  the  person  lead- 
mg  the  devotion  can  introduce,  when  necessary,  any 
thing  additional  that  occasion  may  require.  The 
proper  place  for  this  will  be  before  the  last  sentence. 

"The  School  Harmonist"  is  an  accompaniment 
to  "The  Manual  of  Devotion,"  which  besides  the 
elements  of  Musical  Science,  contains  all  the  Hymns 
in  the  Manual,  set  to  music,  with  additional  Songs 
and  Hymns  for  the  opening  and  closing  of  Schools, 
and  for  public  celebrations  of  Literary  Institutions.  A 
taste  will  thus  be  formed  for  Sacred  Music  in  early  life, 
which  will  promote  the  worship  of  God  in  family  de- 
votion, and  in  the  public  exercises  of  the  Sanctuary. 

Baltimore  Female  College, 
Baltimore,  Sept.  1,  1853. 


CONTENTS. 


Attributes  of 
God. 


Prophecies 

Concerning 

Christ. 


History  of 
Christ. 


Offices  of 
Christ. 


The  Gift  of 
Christ. 


Holy  Ghost. 


PAGE. 

Eternity  of  God 11 

Form  of  Prayer 13 

Greatness  and  Glory  of  God 15 

Form  of  Prayer 17 

Omnipotence  of  God 18 

Form  of  Prayer 20 

( )mniscience  and  Omnipresence  of  God 21 

Form  of  Prayer 23 

Benevolence  of  God 24 

Form  of  Prayer 26 

Incarnation,  Birtli  and  Character  of  Christ. . .  27 

Form  of  Prayer 30 

Ministry  and'  Miracles  of  Christ 2Q 

Form  of  Prayer 35 

Arrest  and  Condemnation  of  Christ 37 

Form  of  Prayer 42 

Crucifixion  of  Christ 43 

Form  of  Prayer 46 

Death  and  Resurrection  of  Christ 47 

Form  of  Prayer 51 

Godhead  and  Humanity  of  Christ 52 

Form  of  Prayer 54 

Incarnation  and  Birth  of  Christ 55 

Form  of  Prayer 57 

Crucifixion  of  Christ 58 

Form  of  Praver 60 

Death  and  Burial  of  Christ 61 

Form  of  Prayer 63 

Resurrection  and  Ascension  of  Christ 64 

Form  of  Prayer 66 

Lord's  Supper 67 

Form  of  Prayer 69 

Christ  as  Redeemer 70 

Form  of  Prayer 72 

Christ  as  Sa\iour 73 

Form  of  Prayer 75 

Christ  as  Mediator  and  Intercessor 76 

Form  of  Prayer 78 

Benevolence  of  God  in  the  Gift  of  Christ. ...  79 

Form  of  Prayer 81 

Benefits  of  the  Gift  of  Christ 82 

Form  of  Prayer 84 

Benefits  of  the  Death  of  Christ 85 

Form  of  Praver 87 

Promise  of  the  Holy  Ghost 88 

Form  of  Prayer 90 

Gill  of  the  Holy  Ghost 91 

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CONTENTS 


IIoLT  Ghost. 


Heavenly 
Wisdom. 


Holy  Scrip- 
tures. 


The  Command- 
ments. 


Repentance 
AND  Faith. 


PAGE. 

(  Form  of  Prayer 93 

]  Fruits  of  the  Holy  Ghost 94 

(  Form  of  Prayer 96 

f  Source  of  Wisdom 97 

J  Form  of  Prayer 99 

1  Fruits  of  Wisdom 100 

[  Form  of  Prayer 102 

(  The  Holy  Scriptures 103 

I  Form  of  Prayer 105 

{The  Ten  Commandments 106 

Form  of  Prayer 108 

Blessings  of  Obedience 109 

Form  of  Prayer Ill 

f  Repentance 112 

Form  of  Prayer 114 

I  Nature  of  Faith 115 

iForm  of  Prayer 117 

Historical  Examples  of  Faith 118 

Form  of  Prayer 120 

Faith  in  God 121 

Form  of  Praver 123 

1  Faith  in  Christ 124 

Form  of  Prayer 126 

The  Apostles'  Creed 127 

[  Form  of  Prayer 129' 

{Preparation  for  Prayer 130 

Form  of  Prayer 132 

Prayer  must  be  frequent  and  importunate....  133 

Form  of  Prayer 135 

Answer  to  Prayer 136 

Form  of  Prayer 138 

f  Justification 139 

Form  of  Prayer 141 

Adoption . . . .' 142 

Form  of  Prayer 144 

Sanctification 145 

Form  of  Prayer 147 

Observance  of  the  Sabbath 148 

Form  of  Prayer 150 

Blessings  of  Observance 151 

Form  of  Prayer 153 

Righteousness 154 

Form  of  Prayer 156 

Rewards  of  Righteousness 157 

Form  of  Prayer 159 

Patience 160 

Form  of  Prayer 162 

CJontentment 163 

Form  of  Prayer 165 

Humility 166 

Form  of  Prayer 168 

Meekness 169 

Form  of  Prayer 171 

.Brotherly  Kindness 172 


Prayer. 


Christian  Life. 


The  Holy  Sab- 
bath. 


Righteousness. 


Christian 
Graces. 


C   ONTENTS. 


IX 


Christian 
Graces. 


Divine  Protec- 
tion. 


HocsE  OF  God. 


PAGE. 

Form  of  Prayer 174 

Charity , 175 

Form  of  Prayer 177 

Confidence  in  God 178 

Form  of  Prayer ISO 

Trust  in  God 181 

Form  of  Prayer 183 

Blessings  upon  Families 184 

Form  of  Prayer 186 

The  Beatitudes 187 

Form  of  Praver 189 

The  House  of  God 190 

Form  of  Prayer 192 

Beauty  of  the  House  of  God 193 

Form  of  Praver 195 

The  Christian's  Life  a  Warfare 196 

Form  of  Prayer 198 

Early  Piety 199 

Form  of  Praver 201 

Blessings  of  Early  Piety 202 

Form  of  Praver 204 

Neglect  of  VVi:^dom  Punished 205 

Form  of  Prayer 207 

Unbelief 208 

Form  of  Prayer 210 

Government  of  the  Tongue 211 

Form  of  I'rayer 213 

Death 214 

Form  of  Prayer 216 

Resurrection 217 

Form  of  Prayer 219 

Judgment 220 

Form  of  Prayer 222 

Happiness  of  the  Righteous ^3 

Form  of  Prayer 225 

Misery  of  the  Wicked 226 

Form  of  Prayer ^8 

Ascription  of  Praise  to  God 229 

Form  of  Prayer 231 

Forms  of  Grace  before  meat 232 

Forms  of  Grace  after  meat 233 


Christian 
Warfare. 


Early  Piety. 


Moral  Evils. 


Time  and  Eter- 
nity. 


Praise  to  God. 


Forms  op 
Grace. 


MANUAL  OF  DEVOTION. 


ETERNITY  OF  GOD. 


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HYMN    1 .        L.  M. 

Hebron. 
£RE  mountains  rear'd  their  forms  sublime, 

Or  heaven  and  eanh  in  order  stood, 
Before  the  birih  of  ancieal  time, 

From  everlasting  ihoa  art  God. 

A  thousand  a;es,  in  their  flight. 
With  thee  are  as  a  fleeting  day  ; 

Pa«,  present,  future,  to  thy  sight 
At  ODce  their  various  scenes  dispLiy. 

Bat  oar  brief  life's  a  shadowy  dream, 
A  passing  thought,  that  soon  is  o'er,— 

That  fades  with  morning's  earliest  team, 
And  fills  the  musing  ndnd  no  more. 

To  ns,  0  Lord,  the  wisdom  give, 
£ach  passing  moment  so  to  spend, 

^lat  we  at  length  with  thee  may  lire 
Where  life  and  bUss  shall  never  end. 


HYMN    2.  P.M. 

Arnoiu 
THOU  Gad  of  power,  thou  God  of  love, 
Whose  glory  fjls  tlie  rralms  above, 

Whose  praise  archangels  sing. 
And  veil  their  faces  whi;e«they  cry, 
Thrice  Holy,  to  their  God  Most  High, 

Thrice  Holy,  to  their  King:— 
Thee  as  our  God  we  too  would  claim. 
And  bless  the  Saviour's  precious  Name, 

Through  whom  this  grace  is  given ; 
He  bore  the  curse  to  sinners  due, 
He  fonns  their  ruin'd  souls  anew. 

And  makes  them  heirs  of  heaven. 
The  veil  that  hides  thy  glory  rend, 
And  here  in  saving  power  descend, 

And  fix  thy  blest  abode; 
Here  to  our  hearts  thyself  reve.il, 
And  let  each  waiting  spirit  feel 

The  presence  of  our  God. 


Teacher.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  king  of  Israel,  and 
his  Redeemer  the  Lord  of  hosts  ;  I  am  the  first,  and  I  am 
the  last,  and  besides  me  there  is  no  God.     Is.  xliv.  6. 

Scholars.  Ye  are  ray  witnesses,  saith  the  Lord,  and 
my  servant  whom  I  have  chosen,  that  ye  may  know  and 
believe  me,  and  understand  that  I  am  he  ;  before  me  there 
was  no  God  formed,  neither  shall  there  be  after  me.  Is. 
xliii.  10. 

Teach.     Yea,  before  the  day  was,  I  am  he  ;  and  there 
is  none  that  can  deliver  out  of  my  hand.     I  will  work  and 
who  shall  let  it.'    Is.  xliii.  1.3. 
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12  MANUAL    OF    DEVOTION. 

ScHOL.  Before  the  mountains  were  brought  forth,  or 
ever  thou  hadst  formed  the  earth  and  the  world,  even  from 
everlasting  to  everlasting,  thou  art  God.     Psalm  xc.  2. 

Teach.  I  am  Alpha  and  Omega,  the  beginning  and  the 
ending,  saith  the  Lord,  which  is  and  which  was,  and 
which  is  to  come,  the  Almighty.     Rev.  1.  8. 

ScHOL.  Of  old  hast  thou  laid  the  foundation  of  the 
earth:  and  the  heavens  are  the  work  of  thy  hands.  They 
shall  perish,  but  thou  shalt  endure:  yea,  all  of  them  shall 
wax  old  like  a  garment ;  as  a  vesture  shalt  thou  change 
them,  and  they  shall  be  changed:  but  thou  art  the  same, 
and  thy  years  shall  have  no  end.     Ps.  cii.  25,  26,  27. 

Teach.  Thou  0  Lord,  shalt  endure  forever,  and  thy 
remembrance  unto  all  generations.     Ps.  cii.  12. 

ScHOL.  "Who  only  hath  immortality,  dwelling  in  the 
light,  which  no  man  can  approach  unto,  whom  no  man 
hath  seen  nor  can  see.     1  Tim.  vi.  16. 

Teach.  The  Lord  is  the  true  God,  he  is  the  living 
God,  and  an  everlasting  King.     Jer.  x.  10. 

ScHOL.  Thy  kingdom  is  an  everlasting  kingdom,  and 
thy  dominion  endureth  throughout  all  generations.  Ps. 
cxlv.  13. 

Teach.  He  liveth  forever  and  ever,  his  dominion  is 
an  everlasting  dominion,  and  his  kingdom  is  from  genera- 
tion to  genei'ation.     Dan.  iv.  34. 

ScHOL.  The  Lord  is  King  forever  and  ever:  the  hea- 
then are  perished  out  of  his  land.     Ps.  x.  16. 

Teach.  For  he  is  the  living  God,  and  steadfast  for- 
ever, and  his  kingdom  that  which  shall  not  be  destroyed, 
and  his  dominion  shall  be  even  unto  the  end.  Dan.  vi.  26. 

ScHOL.  There  is  none  like  unto  the  Lord  our  God. 
Exod.  viii.  10. 

Teach.  Now  unto  the  King  eternal,  immortal,  invisi- 
ble, the  only  wise  God,  be  honor  and  glory  forever  and 
ever.    Amen.     1  Tim.  i.  17. 

ScHOL.  Holy,  holy,  holy  Lord  God  Almighty,  who 
was,  and  is,  and  is  to  come.     Rev.  iv.  8. 


FIRST    SUNDAY   IN    THE    MONTH.  13 


Before  the  mountains  were  brought  forth,  or  ever  thou 
haclst  formed  the  eai'th  and  the  world,  even  from  everlast- 
ing to  everlasting  thou  art  God.  While  the  shining  or- 
ders around  thy  throne  prostrate  themselves  before  thee, 
with  the  most  profound  reverence  and  cry,  Holy,  holy, 
holy  Lord  God  Almighty,  who  was,  and  is,  and  is  to  come, 
we  who  are  inferior  intelligences — the  degenerate  sons  and 
daughters  of  a  fallen  race,  desire  to  come  into  thy  pres- 
ence, and  adore  the  high  and  lofty  One  that  inhabiteth 
eternity,  whose  name  is  Holy. 

Almighty  Father!  we  are  beings  of  but  yesterday,  but 
thou  art/ro??i  everlasting;  our  days  are  as  an  hand-breadth, 
and  our  age  is  as  nothing  before  thee,  but  thou  art  to  ever- 
lasting. Yet  we  adore  thy  boundless  benevolence,  that, 
for  us  sinners,  far  removed  from  original  righteousness, 
who  have  our  habitations  in  the  dust,  which  are  crushed 
before  the  moth,  and  who  all  do  fade  away  as  a  leaf,  not 
only  peace  and  pardon,  but  life  and  immortality  have  been 
brought  to  Hght  in  the  gospel  of  thy  son.  Glory  be  to 
thy  name  for  our  redemption  from  hell  and  the  grave  by 
the  death  and  suffering  of  the  Saviour,  and  for  the  blessed 
hope  that  because  he  lives,  we  shall  live  also,  and  shall 
participate  in  the  eternity  of  thy  own  existence,  when  the 
earth  and  the  heavens  are  departed  as  a  scroll  and  there  is 
no  more  sea.  AVe  thank  thee  that  it  is  the  glorious  privi- 
lege of  the  redeemed  of  Jesus  to  know,  that  if  our  earthly 
liouse  of  this  tabernacle  were  dissolved,  we  have  a  build- 
ing of  God,  an  house  not  made  with  hands  eternal  in  the 
heavens. 

We  thank  thee  for  all  the  means  of  grace  appointed  to 
fit  us  for  immortality  with  thee  in  heaven — for  the  gift  of 
a  Redeemer  and  for  the  guidance  and  comforts  of  the  Holy 
Spirit.  We  thank  thee  for  thy  divine  word,  for  thy  holy 
Sabbaths  and  for  the  institution  of  thy  church,  with  its 
preached  gospel,  its  blessed  sacraments,  its  solemn  ordi- 
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14  MANUAL     OF     DEVOTION. 

nances,  and  its  Christian  fellowship.  As  we  have  been 
permitted  to  see  the  light  of  another  Sabbath,  grant,  0 
Lord,  that  we  may  be  in  the  spirit  on  thine  own  day,  and 
that  we  may  consecrate  its  hours  to  thy  holy  service.  Go 
with  us  to  the  temple  of  thine  earthly  abode,  and  while 
thy  word  is  preached  give  us  the  attentive  ear  and  the  obe- 
dient heart,  and  may  a  sense  of  thy  presence  make  us  feel 
that  a  day  in  thy  courts  is  better  than  a  thousand. 

Author  of  life  and  being,  who  alone  hast  immortality, 
impress  our  hearts  ever  with  the  reality  and  importance 
of  our  eternal  destiny.  Amid  the  vain  pursuits  and  illu- 
sive hopes  of  time,  suffer  us  not  to  forget  the  pure  and 
abiding  joys  of  eternity.  Under  the  burdens  and  disqui- 
etudes of  our  earthly  pilgrimage,  cheer  and  console  us 
with  the  reflection,  that  our  light  afflictions  which  are  but 
for  a  moment,  will  work  out  for  us  a  far  more  exceeding 
and  eternal  weight  of  glory.  Son  of  God,  by  thy  suffer- 
ings and  death,  elevate  our  thoughts  to  that  inheritance 
which  is  incorruptible,  undefiled,  and  which  fadeth  not 
away,  eternal  in  the  heavens.  Holy  Spirit  of  Grace,  win 
our  hearts  away  from  the  world,  and  woo  them  to  thyself 
and  to  the  joys  of  eternity. 

Eternal  Father!  teach  us  who  are  children  of  eternity, 
aspirants  for  another  and  a  better  world,  that  every  day 
and  every  hour  allotted  us  is  a  period  of  probation  for  our 
final  change.  Lord,  enable  us  to  make  a  wise  improve- 
ment of  every  means  of  grace.  Pardon  all  our  sins,  seal 
us  now  by  thy  spirit  unto  the  day  of  redemption,  and  at 
length  administer  unto  us  an  abundant  entrance  into  the 
everlasting  kingdom  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

Our  Father^  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy  name. 
Thy  kingdom  come.  Thy  will  be  done  in  earth  as  it  is 
in  heaven.  Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread.  And  for- 
give us  our  trespasses  as  we  forgive  them  that  trespass 
against  us.  And  lead  us  not  into  temptation;  but  deliver 
us  from  evil.  For  thine  is  the  kingdom,  and  the  power, 
and  the  glory  forever  and  ever.     Amen! 


GREATNESS  AND  GLORY  OF  GOD. 


iFirst  SunTiao  in  tlje  ptonti).    Hbeninj. 


HYMN    3.  L.  M. 

Saxton. 

ETERNAL  power,  whose  high  abode 
Ueeomes  the  grandeur  of  a  God : 
Infinite  lengths,  beyond  the  bounds 
Where  stars  revolve  their  little  rounds: 

Tliee  while  the  first  archangel  sings, 
He  hides  his  face  behind  his  wings : 
And  ranks  of  sliining  tlirones  around 
Fall  worshipping,  and  spread  the  ground. 

Lord,  what  shall  earth  and  ashes  do7 
We  would  adore  our  Maker  too ; 
From  sin  and  dust  to  thee  we  cry, 
The  Great,  the  Holy,  and  the  High. 

Earth,  from  afar,  hath  lieard  thy  fame, 
Aud  worms  have  learn'd  to  lisp  thy  uaoie 
But  O !  the  glories  of  thy  mind 
Leave  all  onr  soaring  thoughts  behind. 


HYMN    4.  CM. 

Arlington. 

FATHER,  how  wide  thy  glory  shines  I 

How  high  thy  wonders  rise! 
Known  thro'  the  earth  by  thousand  signs. 

By  thousands  through  the  skies : 

Those  miglily  orbs  proclaim  thy  power; 

Their  motions  speak  thy  skill : 
And  on  the  wines  of  every  hour, 

We  read  thy  patience  still. 

But  when  we  view  thy  strange  design 

To  save  rebellious  worms, 
Where  vengeance  and  compassion  join 

In  their  divinest  forms; 

Here  the  whole  Deity  Is  known, 

Nor  dares  a  creature  guess, 
Which  of  the  glories  brightest  shone, 

The  justice,  or  the  grace. 


Teacher.  The  Lord  your  God,  is  God  of  gods,  and 
Lord  of  lords,  a  great  God,  a  mighty  and  a  terrible,  which 
regarded!  not  persons,  nor  taketh  reward.     Deut.  x.  17. 

Scholars.  Great  is  the  Lord,  and  greatly  to  be  prais- 
ed, he  also  is  to  be  feared  above  all  gods.  1  Chron.  xvi.  25. 

Teach.  For  who  in  the  heavens  can  be  compared  unto 
the  Lord.'  who  among  the  sons  of  the  mighty  can  be  liken- 
ed unto  the  Lord.'    Ps.  Ixxxix.  6. 

ScHOL.  Lord  God  of  Israel,  there  is  no  God  like  thee, 
in  heaven  above,  or  on  earth  beneath,  who  keepest  cove- 
nant and  mercy  with  thy  servants,  that  walk  before  thee 
with  all  their  heart.     1  Kings  viii.  23. 

Teach.  God  is  greatly  to  be  feared  in  the  assembly  of 
the  saints,  and  to  be  had  in  reverence  of  all  them  that  are 
about  him.    Ps.  Ixxxix.  7. 

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16  MANUAL     OF     DEVOTION. 

ScHOL.  Who  is  like  unto  thee,  0  Lord,  among  the 
gods,  who  is  like  thee,  glorious  in  holiness,  fearful  in 
praises,  doing  wonders.     Exod.  xv.  11. 

Teach.  The  Great,  the  Mighty  God,  the  Lord  of 
hosts,  is  his  name;  great  in  counsel,  and  mighty  in  work. 
Jer.  xxxii.  18,  19. 

ScHOL.  0  Lord  my  God,  thou  art  very  great ;  thou  art 
clothed  with  honor  and  majesty.     Ps.  civ.l. 

Teach.  Who  coverest  thyself  with  light  as  with  a 
garment:  who  stretchest  out  the  heavens  like  a  curtain. 
Ps.  civ.  2. 

ScHOL.  Who  layeth  the  beams  of  his  chambers  in  the 
waters;  who  maketh  the  clouds  his  chariot;  who  walketh 
upon  the  wings  of  the  wind.     Ps.  civ.  3. 

Teach.  The  heavens  declare  the  glory  of  God;  and 
the  firmament  sheweth  his  handi-work.     Ps.  xix.  1. 

ScHOL.  O  Lord,  our  Lord,  how  excellent  is  thy  name 
in  all  the  earth,  who  hast  set  thy  glory  above  the  heavens. 
Ps.  viii.  1. 

Teach.  The  glory  of  the  Lord  shall  be  revealed,  and 
all  flesh  shall  see  it  together;  for  the  mouth  of  the  Lord 
hath  spoken  it.     Is.  xl.  4. 

Schol.  For  the  earth  shall  be  filled  with  the  know- 
ledge of  the  glory  of  the  Lord,  as  the  waters  cover  the  sea. 
Habakkuk  ii.  14. 

Teach.  The  glory  of  the  Lord  shall  endure  forever. 
Ps.  civ.  31. 

Schol.  Blessed  be  the  glory  of  the  Lord  from  his  place. 
Ezek.  iii.  12. 

Teach.  Blessed  be  the  Lord  God,  the  God  of  Israel, 
who  only  doth  wondrous  things,     Ps.  Ixxii.  18, 

Schol.  And  blessed  be  his  glorious  name  forever;  and 
let  the  whole  earth  be  filled  with  his  glory;  Amen  and 
Amen!    Ps.  Ixxii.  19. 

Teach.  Holy,  holy,  holy,  is  the  Lord  of  liosts  :  the 
whole  earth  is  full  of  his  glory.     Isaiah  vi.  3. 


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0  Lord  our  God,  how  excellent  is  thy  name  in  all  the 
earth,  who  hast  set  thy  glory  above  the  heavens !  While 
cherubim  and  seraphim  do  continually  cry,  Holy,  holy, 
holy  is  the  Lord  of  hosts,  we  thy  creatures  would  adore 
thy  glorious  majesty,  0  God,  for  who  is  like  unto  thee,  0 
Lord,  among  ihe  gods,  who  is  like  thee  glorious  in  holi- 
ness, fearful  in  praises,  doing  wonders  ! 

The  heavens  declare  the  glory  of  God,  and  the  firma- 
ment sheweth  thy  handi-work  :  day  unto  day  uttereth 
speech,  and  night  unto  night  sheweth  knowledge.  When 
we  behold  thy  wisdom  and  thy  goodness  throughout  in- 
animate creation,  and  in  the  creatures  thou  hast  formed, 
we  can  but  exclaim.  Thou  ai't  v/orthy  0  Lord  to  receive 
glory  and  honor  and  power,  for  thou  hast  created  all 
things  and  for  thy  pleasure  they  are,  and  were  created. 

Sovereign  of  the  Universe,  thou  hast  prepai-ed  thy  throne 
in  the  heavens,  and  thy  kingdom  ruleth  over  all.  A  scep- 
tre of  righteousness  is  the  sceptre  of  thy  kingdom.  We 
bless  thee  for  the  power  and  goodness  manifested  in  that 
providence  Avhich  is  over  all  the  works  of  thy  hands,  but 
we  adore  thee  for  the  richer  displays  of  thy  grace  in  the 
gift  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  who  is  the  brightness  of  thy 
glory,  and  the  express  image  of  thy  person. 

Spirit  of  Grace,  affect  all  hearts  with  the  glories  of  our 
Redeemer's  person,  the  condescension  of  his  life,  the 
wonders  of  his  death,  and  the  infinite  righteousness  he  has 
purchased  for  sinful  man,  until  he  shall  have  the  heathen 
for  his  inheritance  and  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  earth  for 
his  possession.  Lord,  we  have  seen  thy  glory,  this  day, 
in  thine  earthly  abode  ;  bless  to  us  the  exercises  of  the 
Sabbath,  preserve  us  during  the  night  which  is  coming 
on,  and  bring  us  at  length  to  thine  upper  sanctuary  where 
there  is  no  moi-e  night,  for  the  glory  of  God  doth  lighten 
it,  and  the  Lamb  is  the  light  thereof.  Amen  !  Our  Father, 
who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy  name  ;  &c. 


OMNIPOTENCE   OF   GOD. 


jFfrst  IHontiap  in  tf)t  |Hontf).    iBornins. 


H  Y  M  N    5  .  L.  M. 

Old  Hundred. 
BEFORE  Jehovah's  awful  throne, 

Ye  nations  bow  with  sacred  joy ; 
Know  that  the  Lord  is  God  alone, 

He  can  create,  and  he  destroy. 

His  sov'reign  power,  without  our  aid. 
Made  us  of  clay,  and  forin'd  us  men; 

And  when  like  wand'ring  sheep  we  stray'd, 
Ke  brought  us  to  his  fold  ag^iin. 

We'll  crowd  thy  gales  with  thankful  songs, 
iligh  as  the  heavens  our  voices  raise ; 

And  eanh,  with  her  ten  thousand  tongues, 
Shall  fill  thy  courts  with  sounding  praise. 

Wide  as  the  world  is  thy  command  ; 

Vast  as  eternity  thy  love ; 
Firm  as  a  rock  thy  truth  shall  stand, 

When  rolling  years  shall  cease  to  move. 


HYMN    6.  s.  M. 

Silver  Street. 
COME  sound  his  praise  abroad, 

And  hymns  of  glory  sing  : 
Jehovah  is  the  sov'reign  God, 

The  universal  King. 

He  form'd  the  deeps  unknown ; 

He  gave  the  seas  iheir  bound ; 
The  wai'ry  worl  !s  are  all  his  own, 

And  all  the  sohd  ground. 

Come,  worship  at  his  throne, 
Come,  bow  before  the  Lord ; 

We  are  his  works,  and  not  our  own, 
He  form'd  us  by  his  word. 

To<!ay  attend  his  voice. 
Nor  dare  provoke  his  rod ; 

Come,  like  the  people  of  hiF  choice, 
And  own  your  gracious  God. 


Teacher.  O  Lord  God  of  hosts,  who  is  a  strong  Lord 
like  unto  thee.^  or  to  thy  faithfuhiess  round  about  thee? 
Ps.  Ixxxix.  8. 

Scholars.  I  am  the  Lord  that  maketh  all  things;  that 
stretcheth  forth  the  heavens  alone ;  that  spreadeth  abroad 
the  earth  by  myself.     Isaiah  xliv.  24. 

Teach.  Who  hath  measured  the  waters  in  the  hollow 
of  his  hand,  and  meted  out  heaven  with  the  span,  and 
comprehended  the  dust  of  the  earth  in  a  measure,  and 
weighed  the  mountains  in  scales  and  the  hills  in  a  balance. 
IsvL.  xl.  12. 

Schol.  He  hath  made  the  earth  by  his  power,  he  hath 
established  the  world  by  his  wisdom,  and  hath  stretched 
out  the  heavens  by  his  discretion.     Jer.  x.  12. 

Teach.  My  hand  also  hath  laid  the  foundation  of  the 
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FIRST   MONDAY    TN    THE    MONTH.  19 

earth,  and  my  right  hand  hath  spanned  the  heavens.  Isa. 
xlviii.  13. 

ScHoi,.  The  heavens  are  thine,  the  earth  also  is  thine; 
as  for  the  world,  and  the  fulness  thereof,  thou  hast  found- 
ed them.     Ps.  Ixxxix.  11. 

Teach.  1  have  made  the  earth,  the  man  and  the  beast 
that  are  upon  the  ground,  by  my  great  power,  and  by  my 
outstretched  arm,  and  have  given  it  unto  whom  it  seemed 
meet  unto  me.     Jer.  xxvii.  5. 

ScHOL.  In  his  hand  is  the  soul  of  every  living  thing, 
and  tlie  breath  of  all  mankind.     Job  xii.  10. 

Teach.  He  calleth  the  creatures  all  by  names;  by  the 
greatness  of  his  might,  for  that  he  is  strong  in  power  ;  not 
one  faileth.     Isa.  xl.  26. 

ScHoj,,  He  doeth  great  things,  and  unsearchable,  mar- 
vellous things  v/ithout  number.     Job  v.  9. 

Teach.  Great  and  marvellous  are  thy  works,  Lord 
God  Almighty.     Rev.  xv.  3. 

ScHOL.  In  his  hands  are  the  deep  places  of  the  earth, 
the  strength  of  the  hills  is  his  also.     Ps.  xcv.  4. 

Teach.  By  his  spirit  he  hath  garnished  the  heavens, 
liis  hand  hath  formed  the  crooked  serpent.    Job  xxvi.  13. 

ScHOL.  The  sea  is  his,  and  he  made  it,  and  his  hands 
formed  the  dry  land.     Ps.  xcv.  5. 

Teach.  The  Lord  maketh  a  way  in  the  sea,  and  a 
path  in  tJie  mighty  waters.     Isa.  xliii.  16. 

Schol.  He  doeth  according  to  his  will,  in  the  army  of 
heaven,  and  among  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth,  and  none 
can  stay  his  hand,  or  say  unto  him.  What  doest  thou? 
Dan.  iv.  35. 

Teach.  Thine,  O  Lord,  is  the  greatness,  and  the  pow- 
er, and  the  glory.     1  Chron.  xxix.  11. 

Schol.  To  him  be  glory  and  dominion  for  ever  and 
ever.    Amen!    1  Pet.  v.  11. 


20  MANUAL     OF     DEVOTION. 

0  Lord  our  God,  thou  art  very  great,  thou  art  clothed 
with  honor  and  majesty.  How  manifold  are  thy  works, 
in  wisdom  and  goodness  hast  thou  made  them  all.  The 
heavens  are  thine,  the  earth  also  is  thine  ;  as  for  the  world 
and  the  fulness  thereof  thou  hast  founded  them.  In  thy 
hands  is  the  soul  of  every  living  thing,  and  the  breath  of 
all  mankind.  Thou  openest  thy  hand,  they  are  filled  with 
good.  Thou  hidest  thy  face,  they  are  troubled :  thou 
takest  away  their  breath,  they  die  and  I'eturn  to  their  dust. 

Our  Father  and  God,  we  thank  thee  for  our  creation 
and  preservation  ;  it  is  in  thee  we  live,  and  move,  and 
have  our  being.  We  thank  thee  that  thou  hast  not  made 
us  as  the  beasts  that  perish,  but  that  there  is  a  spirit  in 
man,  and  the  inspiration  of  the  Almighty  giveth  him  un- 
derstanding. We  bless  thee  that  thou  hast  made  us  in 
thine  own  image,  with  faculties  capable,  in  some  degree, 
of  appreciating  thy  power,   and  loving  thy  excellence. 

Inspire  our  hearts  with  gratitude  for  the  opportunities 
which  we  enjoy  of  acquiring  an  education  ;  and  grant  that 
while  we  are  gaining  that  knowledge  which  will  fit  us  for 
usefulness  in  the  world,  we  may  obtain  that  higher  and 
better  knowledge  which  maketh  wise  unto  salvation,  and 
shall  fit  us  for  eternity.  Bless  the  young  in  their  studies: 
may  the  truths  of  science  and  literature  elevate  their  minds 
to  the  great  source  of  all  power  and  goodness — from  the 
contemplation  of  the  created  may  they  rise  to  the  Creator, 
and  come  to  know  thee  the  only  true  God,  and  Jesus 
Christ  whom  thou  hast  sent. 

Thy  goodness  preserved  us  during  the  past  night,  watch 
over  us  this  day,  and  by  thy  power  defend  us.  In  firm 
reliance  on  thy  providence  may  we  ever  be  able  to  exclaim, 
Alleluia,  for  the  Lord  God  Omnipotent  reigneth.  And,  at 
last,  may  we  be  saved  with  tlie  power  of  an  endless  life. 
Amen!  Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy 
name.     Tliy  kingdom  come  ;  &c. 


05INISCIENCE  AND  OMNIPRESENCE  OE  GOD. 


!J?ti*st  iEonUai)  iti  tl)c  iiXont!).     Hbentnfl. 


H  Y  M  N    7  .  CM. 

Xaomi. 
LORD,  all  I  am  is  known  to  thee; 

In  vain  my  sou!  would  try 
To  shun  thy  presence,  or  to  flee 

The  notice  of  ihine  eye. 

Thy  all-surrounjing  sielit  surveys 

My  rising  and  my  rest, 
My  public  walks,  my  private  ways, 

The  secrels  of  my  breast. 

My  thoughts  lie  open  to  thee,  Lord, 
Before  they're  forra'd  wilhin, 

And  ere  my  lips  pronounce  the  word, 
Thou  kiiow'st  the  sense  I  mean. 

0  vondrous  knowledge!   deep  and  high 
Where  can  a  creature  hide? 

^^thin  thy  circling  arms  1  lie, 
Beset  on  every  side. 


HYMNS.  c.  M. 

Heber. 
FATHER  of  spirits,  nature's  God, 

Our  ihouglits  are  known  to  thee; 
Thou,  Lord,  canst  hear  each  idle  word 

And  every  action  see. 

Could  we,  Wi  ir.nriiing's  swiftest  Xkings, 
Fly  tlirough  the  irackless  air. 

Or  dive  beiitaih  d>-ep  ocean's  springs^ 
Thy  presence  woulJ  Lie  there. 

In  vain  ms\y  gtiiit  .itiuinpt  to  fly, 

Conceal'd  by 'larkesl  night; 
One  glance  from  thy  all-piercing  eye 
Can  bring  it  all  to  light. 

Search  thou  our  hearts,  and  there  destroy 

Kach  secret  bosom  sin. 
And  fit  us  for  those  realms  of  joy, 

That  we  may  enter  in. 


Teacher.  The  Lord  is  a  God  of  knowledge,  and  by 
him  actions  are  weighed.     1  Sam.  ii.  3. 

Scholars.  All  things  are  naked  and  opened  unto  the 
eyes  of  him  with  whom  we  have  to  do.     Heb.  iv.  13. 

Teach.  The  Lord  looketh  from  heaven  ;  he  belioldeth 
all  the  sons  of  men.  From  the  place  of  his  habitation  he 
looketh  upon  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth.  Ps.  xxxiii. 
]3,  14. 

ScHOL.  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  are  in  every  place,  be- 
holding the  evil  and  the  good.     Prov.  xv.  3. 

Teach.  Mine  eyes  are  upon  all  their  ways:  they  are 
not  hid  from  my  face,  neither  is  their  iniquity  hid  from 
mine  eyes.     Jer.  xvi.  17. 

ScHOL.     Thine  eyes  are  open  upon  all  the  ways  of  the 
sons  of  men  ;  to  give  every  one  according  to  his  ways, 
and  according  to  the  fruit  of  his  doings. 
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22  MANUAL    OP   DEVOTION. 

Teach.  0  Lord  thou  hast  searched  me,  and  known 
me.     Ps.  cxxxix.  1. 

ScHOL.  Thou  knowest  my  down-sitting  and  mine  up- 
rising, thou  understandest  my  thought  afar  off,  Psaira 
cxxxix.  2. 

Teach.  Thou  compassest  my  path  and  my  lying  down, 
and  art  acquainted  with  all  my  ways.     Ps.  cxxxix.  3. 

ScHOL.  For  there  is  not  a  word  in  my  tongue,  but  lo, 
0  Lord,  thou  knowest  it  altogether.  Thou  hast  beset  me 
behind  and  before,  and  laid  thy  hand  upon  me.  Psaira 
cxxxix.  4,  5. 

Teach.  Am  I  a  God  who  is  near  and  far  from  no  one; 
and  can  any  hide  himself  in  secret  places  that  I  shall  not 
see  him?     Jer.  xxiii.  23,  24. 

Schol.  Whither  shall  I  go  from  thy  Spirit.'  or  whither 
shall  I  flee  from  thy  presence  ?  If  I  ascend  up  into  hea- 
ven, thou  art  there:  if  I  make  my  bed  in  hell,  behold,  thou 
art  there.     Ps.  cxxxix.  7,  8. 

Teach.  If  I  take  the  wings  of  the  morning,  and  dwell 
in  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  sea ;  even  there  shall  thy 
hand  lead  me,  and  thy  right  hand  shall  hold  me.  Psalm 
cxxxix.  9,  10. 

Schol.  If  I  say,  surely  the  darkness  shall  cover  me : 
even  the  night  shall  be  light  about  me.    Ps.  cxxxix.  IL 

Teach.  Yea,  the  darkness  hideth  not  from  thee ;  but 
the  night  shineth  as  the  day:  the  darkness  and  the  light 
are  both  alike  to  thee.     Ps.  cxxxix.  ]2. 

Schol.  Great  is  our  Lord,  and  of  great  power;  his 
understanding  is  infinite.     Ps.  cxlvii.  5. 

Teach.  0  the  depth  of  the  riches  both  of  the  wisdom 
and  knowledge  of  God!  how  unsearchable  are  his  judg- 
ments, and  his  ways  past  finding  out!     Romans  xi.  33. 

Schol.  To  the  only  wise  God  our  Saviour,  be  glory 
and  majefrty,  dominion  and  power,  both  now  and  ever. 
Amen.    Jade  1.  25. 


FIRST   MONDAY    IN    THE    MONTH,  23 

Glorious  Jehovah,  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost!  Thou 
art  the  unsearchable  and  incomprehensible  Lord  God! 
Who  by  searching  can  find  out  God  ?  Who  can  find  out 
the  Almighty  unto  perfection  ?  When  we  consider  thy 
infinite  perfection,  the  wisdom  of  thy  counsels,  thy  power 
in  creation,  the  mysteries  of  thy  providence,  and  the 
wonders  of  redemption,  we  can  but  exclaim,  0  the  depth 
of  the  riches,  both  of  the  wisdom  and  knowledge  of  God! 
how  unsearchable  are  his  judgments  and  his  ways  past 
finding  out ! 

Great  and  Omnipresent  Deity!  Whither  shall  I  go 
from  thy  spirit,  or  whither  shall  I  flee  from  thy  presence? 
for  thou  art  all  perA'ading  and  fiilest  immensity  with  thy 
presence,  sustaining  and  governing  the  universe  of  matter 
and  of  mind.  May  a  realising  sense  of  thy  presence  in- 
spire seriousness  and  encouragement,  and  consolation. 
May  it  preserve  us  from  sin,  animate  us  to  a  cheerful  dis- 
charge of  our  duties,  and  enable  us  to  bear,  with  pious 
resignation,  the  afflictions  and  sorrows  of  life. 

God  of  Omniscience,  thine  eyes  are  upon  all  the  ways 
of  the  sons  of  men ;  to  give  every  one  according  to  his 
ways,  and  according  to  the  fruit  of  his  doings.  0  Thou 
that  searchest  the  heart  and  triest  the  reins  of  the  chil- 
dren of  men,  may  each  one  of  us  feel  in  his  heart,  0  Lord, 
thou  hast  searched  me  and  known  me ;  thou  knowest  my 
down-sitting  and  mine  uprising,  thou  understandest  my 
thoughts  ufar  off.  May  the  solemn  truth,  thou  God  seest 
me,  restrain  each  of  us  from  sin,  and  lead  us  to  the  wor- 
ship of  thy  great  name  in  spirit  and  in  truth. 

Omnipresent  and  Omniscient  God,  who  art  every  where, 
be  very  near  to  us  m  all  times  of  difficulty,  in  danger  and 
in  the  hour  of  death,  and  in  the  solemnities  of  the  judg- 
ment, clothe  our  naked  souls  with  the  garments  of  Christ's 
righteousness.  For  the  blessings  of  the  day  we  thank 
thee,  0  Lord,  keep  us  this  night,  and  save  us.     Amen  ! 


BENEVOLENCE  OF  GOD. 


jfUst  5:uestia»   fn  t|)c  fHontt).    piorninn. 


HYMN    9. 


C.  M. 


JetnelL 
LET  every  tongue  thy  goodn&ss  speak, 

Thou  sov'reign  Lord  of  all ; 
Thy  strengib'ning  hands  uphold  the  weak, 

And  raise  the  poor  that  fall. 

When  sorrows  bow  the  spirit  down, 

When  virtue  lies  clistress'd, 
Beneaih  the  proud  oppressor's  frown, 

Thou  giv'st  the  mourner  rest 

Tho'j  know'st  the  pains  '.hy  servants  feel. 
Thou  hear'st  thy  children's  cry ; 

And  their  best  wishes  to  fulfil. 
Thy  grace  is  ever  nigh. 

Thy  mercy  never  shall  remove 

From  men  of  heart  f-incere : 
Thou  sav'st  the  souls  whose  humble  love 

Is  join'd  with  holy  fear. 


HYMN    10.  CM. 

Deeon. 
JEHOVAH,  God,  thy  gracione  power, 

On  every  hand  w^e  see ; 
O  may  the  blessings  of  each  hour 
L.eaJ  all  our  thoughts  to  lliee. 

If  on  the  wings  of  morn  we  speed, 
To  earth's  remotest  bound, 

Thy  hand  will  there  our  journey  lead, 
Thine  arm  our  path  surround. 

Thy  power  is  in  the  ocean  deeps. 

And  reaehee  to  the  skies; 
Thine  eye  of  mercy  never  sleeps. 

Thy  goodness  never  dies. 

From  morn  till  noon— till  latest  eve, 

Thy  hand,  O  God,  we  ^e; 
And  all  the  blessings  we  receive, 

Proceed  alone  from  ibee. 


Teacher.  O  Lord,  thou  art  good,  and  doest  good- 
Psalm  xix.  68. 

Scholars.  The  Lord,  the  Lord  God,  merciful  and  gra- 
cious, long-suffering,  and  abundant  in  goodness  and  truth, 
keeping  mercy  for  thousands,  forgiving  iniqviity,  trans- 
gression and  sin.     Exod.  xxxiv.  6,  7. 

Teach.  Who  redeemeth  thy  life  from  destruction  ; 
who  crowneth  thee  with  loving-kindness  and  tender 
mercies.     Ps.  ciii.  4. 

ScHOL.  For  the  Lord  God  is  a  sun  and  shield :  the 
Lord  will  give  grace  and  glory ;  no  good  thing  will  he 
withhold  from  them  that  walk  uprightly.  Ps.l  xxxiv.  1]. 

Teach.  I  love  them  that  love  me  ;  and  those  that 
seek  me  early  shall  find  me.     Prov.  viii.  17. 

ScHOL.  Yea,  I  have  loved  thee  with  an  everlasting 
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FIRST    TUESDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  25 

love :  therefore  with  loving  kindness  have  I  drawn  thee. 
Jer.  xxxi.  3 

Teach.  God  is  love,  and  he  that  dwelleth  in  love, 
dwelleth  in  God,  and  God  in  hinn.     1  John  iv.  16. 

ScHOL.  Behold,  what  manner  of  love  the  Father  hath 
bestowed  upon  us,  that  we  should  be  called  the  sons  of 
God.     1  John  iii.  1. 

Teach.  Beloved,  now  are  we  the  sons  of  God,  and  it 
doth  not  yet  appear  what  we  shall  be  ;  but  we  know  that 
when  he  shall  appear,  we  shall  be  like  him ;  for  Ave  shall 
see  him  as  he  is.     1  John  iii.  2. 

ScHOL.  Eye  hath  not  seen,  nor  ear  heard,  neither  have 
entered  iiito  the  heart  of  man,  the  things  which  God  hath 
prepared  for  them  that  love  him.     1  Cor.  ii.  9. 

Teach.  The  Lord  is  merciful  and  gracious,  slow  to 
anger,  and  plenteous  in  merc5^     Ps.  ciii.  8. 

ScHOL.  As  the  heaven  is  high  above  the  earth,  so  great 
is  his  mercy  towards  them  that  fear  him.     Ps.  ciii.  11. 

Teach.  Thy  mercy  is  great  above  the  heavens  ;  and 
thy  truth  reacheth  unto  the  clouds.     Ps.  cviii.  4. 

ScHOL.  The  mercy  of  the  Lord  is  from  everlasting  to 
everlasting  upon  them  that  fear  him,  and  his  righteous- 
ness unto  children's  children.     Ps.  ciii.  17. 

Teach.  The  Lord  is  good,  his  mercy  is  everlasting 
and  his  truth  endureth  to  all  generations.     Ps.  c.  5. 

ScHOL.  duicken  me,  0  Lord,  according  to  thy  loving- 
kindness  ;  thy  woi-d  is  true  from  the  beginnins",  and 
every  one  of  thy  righteous  judgments  endureth  forever. 
Ps.  cxix.  159,  ieO. 

Teach.  Oh  that  men  would  praise  the  Lord  for  his 
goodness,  and  for  his  wonderful  works  to  the  children  of 
men!     Ps.  cvii.  8. 

Schol.  Blessed  be  the  Lord  who  daily  loadeth  us  with 
benefits,  even  the  God  of  our  salvation.     Ps.  Ixviii.  19. 

Teach.  Bless  the  Lord,  0  my  soul,  and  forget  not  all 
his  benefits.     Ps.  ciii.  2. 

Schol.     Bless  thou  the  Lord,  0  my  soul.    Ps.  civ.  35. 
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26  MANUAL     OF    DEVOTION. 

Creator  of  the  ends  of  the  earth,  how  manifold  are 
thy  works,  in  wisdom  and  goodness  thou  hast  made  them 
all.  Thy  hand  has  garnished  the  heavens  with  glory, 
and  decked  the  earth  with  beauty ;  with  the  sun  and  the 
rain,  thou  hast  clothed  the  ground  with  flowers,  and 
caused  grass  to  grow  for  cattle,  and  corn  for  the  service 
of  man  :  thou  loadest  also  the  trees  with  fruit  and  fillest 
the  fields  with  plenty.  The  eyes  of  all  wait  upon  thee 
and  thou  givest  them  their  meat  in  due  season. 

God  of  benevolence,  from  whom  cometh  down  every 
good  and  perfect  gift,  we  adore  thee  as  the  Lord,  the  Lord 
God,  merciful  and  gracious,  long-suffering  and  abundant 
in  goodness  and  truth,  keeping  mercy  for  thousands,  for- 
giving iniquity,  transgression  and  sin.  We  thank  thee 
for  thy  goodness  in  our  creation,  for  thy  kindness  in  our 
preservation,  and  for  thy  compassion  in  our  redemption. 
We  thank  thee  for  the  comforts  of  life,  for  the  fulfilment 
of  our  innocent  hopes  and  wishes,  for  the  blessings  of 
home  and  covmtry,  and  for  the  privileges  of  a  fi-ee  sanc- 
tuary and  a  preached  gospel. 

God  and  guardian  of  our  youth,  what  shall  we  render 
unto  thee  for  all  thy  benefits  ?  Thou  didst  give  ear  to  our 
cry  in  infancy  ;  thou  didst  hear  our  broken  utterance,  and 
thy  eye  beheld  our  tears.  In  our  feebleness  thou  didst 
keep  our  tottering  steps  ;  and  in  the  heedlessness  of  youth 
thy  preventing  grace  restrained  us.  When  asleep  thou 
hast  watched  over  us,  when  in  danger  thou  hast  shielded 
us,  and  in  sickness  thou  hast  snatched  us  from  the  grave, 
and  this  day  we  are  the  living  to  praise  thee. 

God  of  all  grace,  who  redeemeth  our  life  from  destruc- 
tion and  crownest  us  with  loving  kindness  and  tender 
mercies,  we  bless  thee  that,  with  the  light  of  this  morn- 
ing, thou  hast  renewed  our  existence,  and  prolonged  the 
period  of  our  probation  for  eternity.  Lead  us  in  the  way 
everlasting,  and  save  us  for  Christ's  sake.    Amen  ! 


PROPHECIES  OF  CHEISrS  BIRTH, 


j^icst   STucsUap   in   tt)c  i^Hontt).     Hbcnins 


HYMN   15.  c.  M. 

Zerah. 
TO  us  a  child  of  hope  is  born, 

To  IIS  a  Soil  is  given : 
Hira  shall  the  tribes  d"  earth  obey, 

Him,  all  ;he  hosts  of  heaven. 

His  name  shall  be  the  Prince  of  peac^ 

Forever  more  adored— 
The  Wonderful,  the  Counsellor, 

The  great  and  raie;hiy  Lord. 

His  power,  increasing,  still  shall  sprean  ; 

His  reign  no  end  shall  know  ; 
Justice  shall  giwrd  his  throne  above. 

And  peace  abound  below. 

To  us  a  child  of  hope  is  born ; 

To  UE  0  Son  is  given — 
The  Wonderful,  the  Counsellor, 

The  mighty  Lord  of  heaven. 


HYMN    16.  s.  M. 

Htn&haio. 
FATHER,  our  henrts  we  lift 

Up  to  thy  gracious  throne, 
And  thank  thee  for  the  precious  gift 

Of  thine  incarnate  Sou. 

His  infant  cries  proclaim 

A  peace  'iwixi  earth  aud  heaven : 
Salvation,  Ihrougli  his  only  Name, 

To  all  mankind  is  giveu. 

The  gift  nnspenkable 

We  thankfully  receive, 
And  to  the  world  thy  goodness  tell 

IxjX  to  thy  glory  hve. 

M«y  all  Rjankind  receive 
The  new-born  Prince  of  peace, 

And  meekly  in  his  spirit  live, 
And  in  his  love  increase. 


The   Seed   of  the  V/oman. 

Teacher.  And  I  will  put  enmity  between  thee  and 
the  woman,  and  between  thy  seed  and  her  seed  :  he  shall 
bruise  thy  head,  and  thou  shait  bruise  his  heel.  Gen.  iii. 
15. 

Scholars.  When  the  fulness  of  time  was  come,  God 
sent  forth  his  Son,  made  of  a  woman,  made  under  the 
law,  to  redeem  them  that  were  under  the  law,  that  we 
might  receive  the  adoption  of  sons.     Gal.  iv.  4,  5. 

Eorn   of  a  Virgin. 

Teach.  Therefore,  the  Lord  himself  shall  give  you  a 
sign  :  Behold  a  virgin  shall  conceive,  and  bear  a  son,  and 
shall  call  his  name  Immanuel.     Isa.  vii.  14. 

Schol.  And  the  angel  said  unto  her.  Fear  not  Mary  ; 
for  thou  hast  found  favor  with  God.  The  Holy  Ghost 
shall  come  upon  thee,  and  the  power  of  the  Highest  shall 
27 


28  MANUAL   OF  DEVOTION. 

overshadow  thee.     And  behold  thou  shall  conceive,  and 
bring  forth  a  son.     Luke  i.  30,  31,  35. 

His  name  appointed  of  G-od. 

Teach.  And  the  Gentiles  shall  see  thy  righteousness, 
and  all  Kings  thy  glory  ;  and  thou  shall  be  called  by  a 
new  name,  which  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  shall  name. 
Isa.  Ixii.  2. 

ScHOL.  The  angel  of  the  Lord  appeared  to  him  in  a 
dream,  saying,  Joseph,  thou  Son  of  David,  fear  not  to 
take  unto  thee  Mary  thy  wife  :  for  that  which  is  conceiv 
ed  in  her  is  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  And  she  shall  bring 
forth  a  son,  and  thou  shall  call  his  name  JESUS  :  for  he 
shall  save  his  people  from  their  sins.  Matt.  i.  20,  21. 
Circumstances   of  his  Birth. . 

Teach.  I  shall  see  him,  but  not  now:  I  shall  behold 
him,  but  not  nigh :  there  shall  come  a  Star  out  of  Jacob, 
and  a  sceptre  shall  rise  out  of  Israel.     Num.  xxiv.  17. 

ScHOL.  Behold,  there  came  wise  men  from  the  east  to 
Jerusalem,  saying,  Where  is  he  that  is  born  King  of  the 
Jews.'  for  we  have  seen  his  star  in  the  east,  and  are  come 
to  worship  him.     Matt.  ii.  1,  2. 

Time  of  Birth. 

Teach.  The  sceptre  shall  not  depart  from  Judah,  nor 
a  lawgiver  from  between  his  feet,  until  Shilo  come  ;  and 
unto  him  shall  the  gathering  of  the  people  be.  Gen.  xlix.  10. 

ScHOL.     Now,  when  Jesus  was  born  in  Bethlehem  of 
Judea,  in  the  days  of  Herod  the  king,  behold  there  came 
wise  men  from  the  east  to  Jerusalem.     Matt.  ii.  1. 
Place  of  Birth.. 

Teach.  But  thou,  Bethlehem  Ephrata,  though  thou 
be  little  among  the  thousands  of  Judah,  yet  out  of  thee 
shall  he  come  forth  unto  me  that  is  to  be  Ruler  in  Israel ; 
whose  goings  forth  have  been  from  of  old,  from  ever- 
lasting.    Micah.  V.  2. 


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ScHOL.  As  the  angels  were  gone  away  from  them  into 
heaven,  the  shepherds  said  one  to  another,  Let  us  now  go 
even  unto  Bethlehem,  and  see  this  thing  which  is  come 
to  pass,  which  the  Lord  hath  made  known  unto  us.  And 
tliey  came  with  haste,  and  found  Mary  and  Joseph,  and 
the  babe  lying  in  a  manger.  Luke  ii.  15,  16. 
Offerings  to   Christ. 

Teach.  They  that  dwell  in  the  wilderness  shall  bow 
before  him.  The  kings  of  Tarshish  and  of  the  isles  shall 
bring  presents :  the  kings  of  Sheba  and  Seba  shall  offer 
gifts.     Ps.  Ixxii.  9,  in. 

ScHOL.  And  when  they  were  come  into  the  hovise 
they  saw  the  young  child,  with  Mary  his  mother,  and 
fell  down  and  worshipped  him :  and  when  they  had 
opened  their  treasures  they  presented  unto  him  gifts  ;  gold, 
and  frankincense  and  myrrh.  Matt.  ii.  11. 
Kis   Descent  from  Abraham. 

Teach.  Now  the  Lord  had  said  unto  Abram,  In  thee 
shall  all  families  of  the  earth  be  blessed.     Gen.  xiii.  1,  3. 

ScHOL.     That  the  blessing  of  Abraham  might  come  on 
the  Gentiles  through  Jesus  Christ.     Galat.  iii.  14. 
His  Descent  from  Isaac. 

Teach.  I  will  perform  the  oath  which  I  swore  unto 
Abraham  thy  father ;  and  in  thy  seed  shall  all  the  nations 
of  the  earth  be  blessed.     Gen.  xxvi.  3,  4. 

ScHOL.     Now  to  Abraham  and  his  seed  were  the  prom- 
ises made.     He  saith  not,  and  to  seeds,  as  of  many ;  but 
as  of  one,  And  to  thy  seed,  which  is  Christ.    Gal.  iii.  16. 
From  Jesse. 

Teach.  And  there  shall  come  forth  a  rod  out  of  the 
stem  of  Jesse,  and  a  branch  shall  grow  out  of  his  roots. 
Isaiah  xi.  1. 

ScHOL.  And  again  Esaias  saith.  There  shall  be  a  root 
of  Jesse,  and  he  that  shall  rise  to  reign  over  the  Gentiles : 
in  him  shall  the  Gentiles  trust.     Rom.  xv.  12. 


30  MANUAL   OF   DEVOTIOIT. 

Of  the  Tribe  of  Judah. 

Teach.  Moreover  he  refused  the  tabernacle  of  Joseph, 
and  chose  not  the  tribe  of  Ephraim  :  but  chose  the  tribe 
of  Jvidah,  the  mount  Zion  which  he  loved.  Ps.  Ixxviii. 
67,  68. 

ScHOL.  For  it  is  evident  that  our  Lord  sprang  out  of 
Judah  ;  of  which  tribe  Moses  spake  nothing  concerning 
the  priesthood.     Heb.  vii.  14. 

Christ  the  Son  of  David. 

Teach.  Of  the  increase  of  his  government  and  peace 
there  shall  be  no  end,  upon  the  throne  of  David,  and  upon 
his  kingdom,  to  order  it,  and  to  establish  it  with  judgment 
and  with  justice  from  henceforth  even  forever.    Isa.  ix.  7. 

ScnoL.  He  shall  be  great,  and  shall  be  called  the  Sou 
of  the  Highest :  and  the  Lord  God  shall  give  unto  hmi 
the  throne  of  his  father  David.  And  he  sliall  reign  over 
the  house  of  Jacob  forever ;  and  of  his  kingdom  there 
shall  be  no  end.     Luke  i.  32,  33. 

Christ  the  Son  of  G-od. 

Teach.  I  will  declare  the  decree  :  the  Lord  hath  said 
unto  me,  Thou  art  my  Son  ;  this  day  have  I  begotten 
thee.     Ps.  ii.  7. 

ScHOL.  And  the  Holy  Ghost  descended  in  a  bodily 
shape  like  a  dove  upon  him,  and  a  voice  came  from  hea- 
ven, which  said,  Thou  art  my  beloved  Son  ;  in  thee  I  am 
well  pleased.     Luke  iii.  22. 

His  Divinity  and  Humanity. 

Teach.  For  unto  us  a  child  is  born,  unto  us  a  Son  is 
given  :  and  the  government  shall  be  upon  his  shoulder  : 
and  his  name  shall  be  called  Wonderful,  Counsellor,  the 
mighty  God,  the  everlasting  Father,  the  Prince  of  Peace. 
Isaiali  ix.  7. 

ScHOL.  In  the  beginning  was  the  Word,  and  the  Word 
was  with  God,  and  tlie  Word  was  God.  And  the  Word 
was  made  flesh  and  dwelt  among  us,     John  i.  14. 


FIEST  TUESDAY  IN  THE  MONTH.  31 


Almighty  Father  and  God,  Maker  of  heaven  and 
earth,  we  adore  thee  for  thy  infinite  goodness,  that  after 
thou  hadst  formed  the  world,  thou  didst  create  man  in 
thine  own  image,  and  after  thine  own  likeness.  We 
adore  thee  for  thy  compassion  that  when,  by  yielding  to 
the  Tempter,  he  had  sinned,  and  by  transgression  en- 
tailed a  curse  on  his  posterity,  thou  didst  not  despise  nor 
abandon  the  work  of  thy  hands,  but  didst  irradiate  the 
darkness  of  man's  estate  by  the  light  of  hope,  in  the 
promise  that  the  seed  of  the  woman  should  bruise  the 
Serpent's  head. 

We  thank  thee,  0  Lord,  for  that  love  which  from  age 
to  age,  amidst  surrounding  gloom,  did  renew,  through 
thy  holy  prophets,  and  through  types  and  ceremonial  in- 
stitutions, the  pledge  of  the  world's  redemption.  We 
bless  and  magnify  thy  name  that  in  the  fulness  of  time, 
thy  only-begotten  Son  came  into  the  world  for  the  re- 
newal of  thy  lost  image,  that  the  Redeemer  desired  of 
Patriarchs,  foretold  of  prophets  and  angels,  and  fore- 
shadowed by  tj^pes  and  ceremonies,  was  at  length  dis- 
closed in  the  person  of  the  Babe  of  Bethlehem. 

Most  blessed  Jesus,  Son  of  the  living  God,  we  adore 
thee,  we  bless  and  give  thanks  unto  thee,  that  thou  didst 
stoop  from  thy  glory,  and  assume  the  form  of  a  servant, 
to  repair  the  ruin  of  our  fallen  nature  by  the  glory  of  thy 
ineffable  person.  Incarnate  God  and  Saviour,  who  taketh 
away  the  sins  of  the  world,  we  look  to  thee.  Mercifully 
regard  us,  and  pardon  our  sins,  give  us  grace  to  follow 
thee  who  art  the  way,  the  truth  and  the  life — teach  us  to  be 
humble  and  innocent,  and  meek  like  thee,  full  of  all  love 
and  kindness,  and  compassion,  resigned  to  thy%oly  will, 
and  conformed  to  thy  divine  image,  that  as  we  have  borne 
the  image  of  the  earthly  Adam  we  may  also  bear  the  im- 
age of  the  heavenly.  And  at  last  bring  us  to  the  enjoy- 
ment of  Thyself  in  Heaven,  through  the  meriis  of  Him 
in  whose  words  we  would  address  thee.     Our  Father,  &c. 


PEOPHECIES   OF   CHRISrS   MINISTRY. 


J^frst  21®e"DnestJa5   fit  tlje  i^Sontlj.    ^orninfl. 

HYMN   13.     c.  M. 

Brattle  Street. 

O  FOR  a  thousand  tongues,  to  sing  He  breaks  the  power  of  cancell'd  sin, 

My  great  Redeemer's  praise ;  He  sets  the  pris'iier  free ; 

The  glories  of  ray  God  and  King,  His  blood  can  m.ike  ihe  foulest  cleau ; 

The  iriumphs  of  his  grace.  His  blood  avail'd  for  me. 

My  gracious  Master,  and  my  God,  He  spe»ks,— and  lisl'ning  to  his  voice, 

Assist  me  to  proclaim, —  New  life  the  dead  receive  ; 

To  spread  through  all  the  earth  abroad.  The  mournful,  broken  hearts  rejoice  ; 

The  honors  of  thy  Name.  The  hiuuble  poor  believe. 

Jesus!— the  Name  that  charms  our  fears,  Hear  him,  ye  deaf ;  his  praise,  ye  dumb, 

That  bids  our  sorrows  cease  ;  Your  loosen'd  tongues  employ  ; 

'Tis  music  in  the  sinner's  ears,  Ye  blind,  behold  your  Saviour  come 

'Tis  life,  aud  health,  and  peace.  And  leap,  ye  lame,  for  joy. 

Christ's  Forerunner. 

Teacher.  Behold,  I  will  send  my  messenger,  and  he 
shall  prepare  the  way  before  me :  and  the  Lord ,  whom 
ye  seek,  shall  suddenly  come  to  his  temple,  even  the 
messenger  of  the  covenant,  whom  ye  delight  in  :  behold, 
he  shall  come,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.     Malachi  iii.  1. 

Scholars,  And  this  is  the  record  of  John,  when  the 
Jews  sent  priests  and  Levites  from  Jerusalem,  to  ask  him, 
Who  art  thou.'  He  said,  I  am  the  voice  of  one  crying 
in  the  wilderness,  Make  straight  the  way  of  the  Lord, 
as  saith  the  prophet  Esaias.     John  i.  19,  23. 

Flight  into  Egypt. 
Teach.     When  Israel  was  a  child,  then  I  loved  him, 
and  call^  my  Son  out  of  Egypt,     Hosea  xi,  1. 

ScHOL,  When  he  arose,  he  took  the  young  child  and 
his  mother  by  night,  and  departed  into  Egypt :  and  was 
there  until  the  death  of  Herod  :  that  it  might  be  fulfilled 
which  was  spoken  of  the  Lord  by  the  prophet,  saying, 
Out  of  Egypt  have  I  called  my  Son.  Matt.  ii.  14,  15. 
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FIRST    WEDNESDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  33 

The  Spirit  and  the  Voice  at  Baptism. 

Teach.  Behold  my  servant,  whom  I  uphold  ;  mine 
elect,  in  whom  my  soul  delighteth  ;  I  have  put  my  spirit 
upon  him  :  he  shall  bring  forth  judgment  to  the  Gentiles. 
Isaiah  xlii.  1. 

ScHOL.  And  lo,  the  heavens  were  opened  unto  him, 
and  he  saw  the  Spirit  of  God  descending  like  a  dove,  and 
lighting  upon  him  ;  and  lo,  a  voice  from  heaven,  saying. 
This  is  my  beloved  Son,  in  whom  I  am  well  pleased 
MatL  iii   16,  17. 

Christ's   Preaching. 

Teach.  The  Spirit  of  the  Lord  God  is  upon  me;  be- 
cause the  Lord  hath  anointed  me  to  preach  good  tidings 
unto  the  meek :  he  hath  sent  me  to  bind  up  the  broken- 
hearted, to  proclaim  liberty  to  the  captives,  and  the  open- 
ing of  the  prison  to  them  that  are  bound.     Isa.  Ixi.  1. 

ScHOL.  And  there  was  delivered  unto  him  the  book 
of  the  prophet  Esaias.  And  when  he  had  opened  the 
book,  he  found  the  place  where  it  was  written,  The 
Spirit  of  the  Lord  is  upon  me,  because  he  hath  anointed 
me  to  preach  the  gospel  to  the  poor  ;  he  hath  sent  me  to 
heal  the  broken-hearted,  to  preach  deliverance  to  the  cap- 
tives, and  recovering  of  sight  to  the  blind,  to  set  at  lib- 
erty them  that  are  bruised.  And  he  began  to  say  unto 
them,  This  day  is  this  scripture  fulfilled  in  your  ears. 
Luke  iv.  17,  18,  21. 

Christ's  Poverty  and  Neglect., 
Teach.     For  he  shall  grow  up  before  him  as  a  tender 
plant,  and  as  a  root  out  of  a  dry  ground  :  he  hath  no 
form  nor  comeliness  ;  and  when  we  shall  see  him,  there 
is  no  beauty  that  we  should  desire  him.    Isa.  liii.  2. 

ScHOL.  Is  not  this  the  carpenter's  son.'  is  not  his 
mother  called  Mary.''  and  his  brethren,  James,  and  Joses, 
and  Simon,  and  Judas?  And  they  were  offended  in  him. 
Matt.  xiiL  56,  57. 


34  MANUAL     OF     DEVOTION. 

His  superior  Wisdom 

Teach.  Therefore  behold,  I  will  proceed  to  do  a  mar- 
vellous work  among  this  people,  even  a  marvellous  work 
and  a  wonder :  for  the  wisdom  of  their  wise  men  shall 
perish,  and  the  understanding  of  their  prudent  men  shall 
be  hid.     Isa.  xxix.  14. 

ScHOL.  The  officers  answered.  Never  man  spake  like 
this  man.  John  vii.  46.  And  it  came  to  pass  when  Je- 
sus had  ended  these  sayings,  the  people  were  astonished 
at  his  doctrine  :  for  he  taught  them  as  one  having  au- 
thority, and  not  as  the  scribes.  Matt.  vii.  28.  29. 
His  Miracles. 

Teach.  Then  the  eyes  of  the  blind  shall  be  opened, 
and  the  ears  of  the  deaf  shall  be  unstopped.  Then  shall 
the  lame  man  leap  as  an  hart,  and  the  tongue  of  the 
dumb  sing.     Isa.  xxxv.  5,  6. 

ScKOL.  Jesus  answered  and  said  unto  them,  Go  and 
show  John  again  those  things  which  ye  do  hear  and  see  : 
the  blind  receive  their  sight,  and  the  lame  walk,  the  le- 
pers are  cleansed,  and  the  deaf  hear,  the  dead  are  raised 
up,  and  the  poor  have  the  gospel  preached  to  them.  Matt 
xi.  4.  5. 

His   H-amiliation. 

Teach.  He  is  despised  and  rejected  of  men  ;  a  man 
of  sorrows,  and  acquainted  with  grief:  and  we  hid  as  it 
were  our  faces  from  him  ;  he  was  despised,  and  we  es- 
teemed him  not.     Isa.  liii.  3. 

ScHOL.  And  a  certain  scribe  came,  and  said  unto  him, 
Master,  I  will  follow  thee  whithersoever  thou  goest. 
And  Jesus  saith  unto  him,  The  foxes  have  holes,  and  the 
birds  of  the  air  have  nests ;  but  the  Son  of  man  hath  not 
where  to  lay  his  head.     Matt.  viii.  19,  20. 

His  Rejection  by  the  Jews. 
Teach.     And  he  shall  be  for  a  sanctuary ;  but  for  a 
etone  of  stumbling,  and  for  a  rock  of  offence  to  both  the 


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houses  of  Israel,  for  a  gin  and  for  a  snare  to  the  inhabi- 
tants of  Jerusalem.     Isa.  viii.  14. 

ScHOL.  But  though  he  had  done  so  many  miracles  be- 
fore ilieni,  yet  they  believed  not  on  him  ;  that  the  saying 
of  E.saias  the  prophet  might  be  fulfilled,  which  he  spake, 
Lord,  who  hath  believed  our  report?  and  to  whom  hath 
the  arm  of  the  Lord  been  revealed.  John  xii.  37,  38. 
Call  of  th.s  Gentiles, 

Teach.  Arise,  shine,  for  thy  light  is  come,  and  the 
glory  of  the  Lord  is  risen  upon  thee.  For  behold,  the 
darkness  shall  cover  tJie  earth,  and  gross  darkness  the 
people :  but  the  Lord  shall  arise  upon  thee,  and  his  glory 
shall  be  seen  upon  thee.  And  the  Gentiles  shall  come  to 
thy  light,  and  kings  to  the  brightness  of  thy  rising. 
Isa.  Ix.  1,  2,  3. 

ScHOL.  And  leaving  Nazareth,  he  came  and  dwelt  in 
Capernaum,  which  is  upon  the  sea  coast,  in  the  borders 
of  Zabulon  and  Nephthalim  :  that  it  might  be  fulfilled 
which  v/as  spoken  by  Esaias  the  prophet,  saying.  The 
land  of  Zabulon  and  the  land  of  Nephthahm,  by  the  way 
of  the  sea,  beyond  Jordan,  Galilee  of  the  Gentiles  :  The 
people  which  sat  in  darkness  saw  a  great  light ;  and  to 
them  which  sat  in  the  region  and  shadow  of  death,  light 
is  sprung  up.     Matt.  iv.  13,  14,  15,  16. 

Christ   the   Good    Shepherd. 

Teach,  He  shall  feed  his  flock  like  a  shepherd  :  he 
shall  gather  the  lambs  with  his  arms,  and  carry  them  in 
his  bosom,  and  shall  gently  lead  those  that  are  with  young. 
Isa.  xL  11. 

ScHOL.  He  that  entereth  in  by  the  door  is  the  shep- 
herd of  the  sheep.  To  him  the  porter  openeth  ;  and  the 
sheep  hear  his  voice  ;  and  he  calleth  his  own  sheep  by 
name,  and  leadeth  them  out.  I  am  the  good  shepherd : 
the  good  shepherd  giveth  his  life  for  the  sheep.    John  x. 

2,3;n. 


MANUAL   OF   DEVOTIOJT. 


3.3  c  a  J)  0  r . 

Almighty  God,  the  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
we  adore  thy  excellent  name,  that  thou  didst  not  leave  a 
lost  and  ruined  world  without  witness,  but  by  the  minis- 
try of  angels  and  the  predictions  of  holy  prophets,  didst 
comfort  thine  ancient  people  with  the  assurances  of  a 
coming  Messiah  in  whom  all  the  nations  of  the  earth 
should  be  blessed. 

We  thank  thee,  OLoi'd,  that  for  the  confirmation  of  the 
faith  of  mankind — as  well  those  of  the  earlier  dispensa- 
tions as  of  us  on  whom  the  ends  of  the  world  liave  come — 
thou  didst  signify  beforehand  the  time  and  circumstances 
of  the  appearing  of  the  great  Teacher  who  was  to  come 
into  the  world  to  enlighten  the  darkened  minds  of  the 
children  of  men.  We  thank  thee  that,  ages  before  his 
advent,  by  the  sure  word  of  prophecy,  thou  didst  set 
forlh  his  glorious  character,  and  the  nature  of  his  minis- 
try and  miracles,  all  of  which  was  confirmed  in  the  tem- 
per and  affections  he  exhibited,  in  the  doctrines  he  taught, 
and  the  deeds  of  wonder  by  which  he  asserted  his  infinite 
power  and  Godhead. 

Blessed  Jesus,  Son  of  the  Father,  who  art  the  ineffable 
light  of  a  world  darkened  by  sin  and  transgression,  shine 
Into  our  hearts  to  give  us  the  light  of  the  glory  of  God 
the  Father.  Thou  who  didst  open  the  eyes  of  the  blind, 
open  the  eyes  of  our  understanding  to  see  wondrous 
things  in  thy  law.  Thou  who  didst  unstop  the  ears  of 
the  deaf,  open  our  ears  to  the  gospel,  and  grant  that  we 
may  be,  not  only  hearers,  but  doers  of  thy  word.  Thou 
who  didst  cleanse  the  leper,  and  raise  the  dead,  purify  our 
affections,  and  raise  us  from  the  death  of  sin  to  a  life  of 
holiness,  and  at  length  bring  us  to  an  ummortality  of 
blessedness  with  thee  in  heaven. 

God  of  benevolence  and  mercy,  thy  providence  has 
been  over  us  the  past  night.  Thou  hast  preserved  our 
lives  and  health;  watch  over  us  this  day,  lead  us  in  the 
way  everlasting,  and  save  ur  for  Christ's  sake     Our,  &c. 


PROPHECIES   OF   CHRIST'S   ARREST. 


iFirst  (Mt'cTinesTJaD  in  tl)e  fHontf).     Hbeninfl. 


HYMN     14.        L.  M. 

Windham. 
'TIS  raidni^t— and  on  Olive's  brow, 

The  star  is  dimmed  thai  lately  shone  ; 
'Tis  midniglu— in  tlie  garJen  now, 

The  Niffering  Suviour  prays  alone. 

'Tis  midnight— and  from  all  removed, 
Imraanuel  wrestles  lone  with  fears; 

E'en  U'.e  disciple  that  he  loved 
Heeds  not  liis  Master's  grief  and  tears. 

'Tis  midnight— and  for  others'  gjili 
The  man  of  sorrows  weeps  in  blood; 

Yet  he  that  hath  in  anguish  knelt, 
Is   not  forsaken  by  his  God. 

'Tis  midnight— and  from  ether  plains, 
Is  borne  the  song  that  angels  know; 

Unheard  by  mortals  are  the  strains, 
That  Eweeily  soothe  the  Saviour's  wo. 


HYMN    15.        CM. 

Devizes. 
JESUS,  with  all  Uiy  saints  above. 

My  tongue  would  bear  her  pert ; 
Would  sound  aloud  thy  saving  love, 

And  sing  thy  bleeding  heart. 

Bless'd  be  the  Lamb,  my  dearest  Lord, 
Who  bonglit  me  with  his  blood  ; 

And  quench'd  his  Father's  flaming  sword, 
In  his  own  vital  fiood. 

The  Lamb  that  freed  my  captive  soul 

From  Satan's  heavy  chains  ; 
And  sent  the  lion  down  to  howl. 

Where  hell  and  honor  reigns. 

All  glory  to  the  dying  Lamb, 

And  never-ceasing  praise  I — 
While  angels  live,  lo  know  his  name, 

Or  sainu  to  feel  his  grace. 


His   entry    into    Jenisalein. 

Teacher.  Rejoice  greatly,  0  daughter  of  Zion  :  shout, 
0  daughter  of  Jerusalem  :  behold,  thy  King  cometh  unto 
thee:  he  is  just,  and  having  salvation;  lowly,  and  ri- 
ding upon  an  ass,  and  upon  a  colt  the  foal  of  an  ass. 
Zech.  ix.  9. 

Scholars.  On  the  next  day,  much  people  that  were 
come  to  the  feast,  when  they  heard  that  Jesus  M-as  coming 
to  Jerusalem,  took  branches  of  palm  trees,  and  went  forth 
to  meet  him,  and  cried,  Hosanna  :  blessed  is  the  King  of 
Israel  that  cometh  in  the  name  of  the  Lord.  And  Jesus, 
when  he  had  found  a  young  ass,  sat  thereon  ;  as  it  is 
written.  Fear  not  daughter  of  Sion  :  behold  thy  King 
cometh,  sitting  on  an  ass's  colt.  John  xii.  12-15. 
Hatred  of  Christ. 

Teach.      They  that  hate  me  without  a   cause,   are 
4  37 


38  MANUAL    OF    DEVOTIOK. 

more  than  the  hairs  of  my  head  :  they  that  would  de- 
stroy me,  being  mine  enemies  wrongfully,  are  mighty. 
Ps.  Ixix.  4. 

ScHOL.     Now   have   they  both    seen,  and  hated  both 
me  and  my  Father.     But  this  cometh  to  pass,  that  the 
word  might  be  fulfilled  that  is  written  in  their  law,   They 
hated  me  without  a  cause.     John  xv.  24,  25. 
Conspiracy  against  Christ. 

Teach.  Why  do  the  heathen  rage,  and  the  people 
imagine  a  vain  thing?  The  kings  of  the  earth  set  them- 
selves, and  the  rulers  take  counsel  together  against  the 
Lord,  and  against  his  anointed.     Ps.  ii.  1,  2. 

ScHOL.  For  of  a  truth  against  thy  holy  child  Jesus, 
whom  thou  hast  anointed,  both  Herod,  and  Pontius  Pi- 
late, with  the  Gentiles,  and  the  people  of  Israel,  were 
gathered  together.     Acts  iv.  27. 

His  Heaviness  in  the  Garden. 

Teach.  I  am  full  of  heaviness  ;  and  I  looked  for  some 
to  take  pity,  but  there  was  none ;  and  for  comforters,  but  1 
found  none.     Ps.  Ixix.  20. 

ScHOL.  And  he  took  with  him  Peter,  and  the  two 
sons  of  Zebedee,  and  began  to  be  sorrowful  and  very 
heavy.  And  he  cometh  unto  the  disciples,  and  findeth 
them  asleep,  and  saith  unto  Peter,  What!  could  ye  not 
watch  with  me  one  hour?  Matt.  xxvi.  37,  40. 
His  Agony  in  the  Garden. 

Teach.  My  soul  is  full  of  trouble,  and  my  Hfe  draw- 
eth  nigh  unto  the  grave.     Isa.  Iviii.  3. 

ScHOL.  Then  saith  he  unto  them,  My  soul  is  exceed- 
ing sorrowful,  even  vmto  death  :  tarry  ye  here,  and  watch 
with  me.     Matt.  xxvi.  38. 

His  Resignation. 

Teach.  Burnt-offering  and  sin-offering  hast  thou  not 
required.  ^  Then  said  I,  Lo,  I  come  :  in  the  volume  of 
the  book  it  is  written  of  me,  I  delight  to  do  thy  will,  0 
my  God.    Ps  xl.  6,  7  8. 


FIRST  WEDNESDAY   IN  THE   MONTH.  39 

ScHOL.     He  fell  ou  his  face  and  prayed,  saying,  0  my 
Father,  if  it  be  possible,  let  this  cup  pass  from  me  :  nev- 
ertheless, not  as  I  will,  but  as  thou  wilt.    Matt.  xxvi.  39. 
Betrayal  by  a  Disciple. 

Teach.  Yea,  mine  own  familiar  friend,  in  whom  I 
trusted,  which  did  eat  of  ray  bread,  hath  lifted  up  his 
heel  against  me.     Ps.  xli.  9. 

ScHOL.  I  speak  not  of  you  all :  I  know  whom  I  have 
chosen ;  but  that  the  scripture  may  be  fulfilled.  He  that 
eateth  bread  with  me,  hath  lifted  up  his  heel  against  me. 
John  xiii.  18. 

A  Disciple  knov/ing  his  Retreat. 

Teach.  For  it  was  not  an  enemy  that  reproached  me ; 
then  I  could  have  borne  it :  neither  was  it  he  that  hated 
me  that  did  magnify  himself  against  me  ;  then  would  I 
have  hid  myself  from  him:  But  it  was  thou,  a  man  mine 
equal,  my  guide,  and  mine  acquaintance.     Ps.  Iv.  12,  13. 

ScHOL.  And  Judas  also,  which  betrayed  him,  knew 
the  place  :  for  Jesus  oft-times  resorted  thither  with  his 
disciples.     John  xviii.  2. 

Betrayed  with,  words  of  Affection  and  a  Kiss. 

Teach.  He  hath  put  forth  his  hands  against  such  as 
be  at  peace  with  him :  he  hath  broken  his  covenant. 
The  words  of  his  mouth  were  smoother  than  butter,  but 
war  was  in  his  heart :  his  words  were  softer  than  oil,  yet 
were  they  drawn  swords.     Ps.  Iv.  20,  21. 

ScHOL.    And  forthwith   he  came  to  Jesus,  and  said, 
Hail  Master  ;  and  kissed  him.     Matt.  xxvi.  49. 
Forsaken  of  his  Disciples. 

Teach.  Awake  0  sword  against  my  Shepherd,  and 
against  the  man  that  is  my  fellow,  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts.  Smite  the  Shepherd,  and  the  sheep  shall  be  scat- 
tered.    Zech.  xiii.  7. 

ScHOL.  But  all  this  was  done  that  the  scriptures  of 
the  prophets  might  be  fulfilled.  Then  all  the  disciples 
forsook  him  and  fled.     Matt.  xxvi.  56. 


40  MANUAL    OF    DEVOTION. 

Price  of  Betrayal. 

Teach.  And  I  said  unto  them,  If  ye  think  good,  give 
me  my  price  ;  and  if  not,  forbear.  So  they  weighed  for 
my  price  thirty  pieces  of  silver.     Zech.  xi.  12. 

ScHOL.  Then  one  of  the  twelve,  called  Judas  Iscariot, 
went  uato  the  chief  priests,  and  said  unto  them,  What 
will  ye  give  me,  and  I  v.-ill  deliver  him  unto  you  ?  And 
they  covenanted  witli  him  for  tliirty  pieces  of  silver. 
Matt.  xxvi.  14,  15. 

His  Meekness. 

Teach.  He  was  oppressed,  and  he  was  afflicted,  yet 
he  opened  not  his  mouth  :  he  is  brought  as  a  lamb  to  the 
slaughter,  and  as  a  sheep  before  her  shearers  is  dumb,  so 
he  opened  not  his  mouth.     Isa.  liii.  7. 

ScHOL.  And  when  he  Avas  accused  of  the  chief  priests 
and  elders,  he  ansv/ered  nothing.  Then  saith  Pilate  unto 
him,  Hearest  thou  not  how  many  things  they  witness 
against  thee?  And  he  answered  him  to  never  a  word  ; 
insomuch  that  the  governor  marvelled  greatly.  Matt, 
xxvii.  12, 13,  14. 

His  Teaching  not  in  Secret. 

Teach.  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  that  created  the 
heavens  ;  God  himself  that  formed  the  earth  and  made  it ; 
he  hath  established  it,  he  created  it  not  in  vain,  he  formed 
it  to  be  inhabited  :  I  am  the  Lord  ;  and  there  is  none  else. 
I  have  not  spoken  in  secret,  in  a  dark  place  of  the  eartli. 
Isa.  xlv.  18,  19. 

ScHOL.  Jesus  answered  him,  I  spake  openly  to  the 
world  ;  I  ever  taught  in  the  synagogue,  and  in  the  tem- 
ple, whither  the  Jews  always  resort  ;  and  in  secret  have 
I  said  nothing.     John  xviii.  20. 

Smitten  at  the  High.  Priest's. 

Teach.  I  gave  my  back  to  the  smiters,  and  my  cheeks 
to  them  that  plucked  off  the  hair.     Ps.  1.  6. 

Schol.  And  when  he  had  thus  spoken,  one  of  the 
officers  which  stood  by,  struck  Jesus  with  the  palm  of 


FIRST    WEDNESDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  41 

his  hand,  saying,  Answerest  thou  the  high  priest  so? 
John  xviii.  22. 

Christ's  Appeal. 

Teach.  0  my  people,  what  have  I  done  unto  thee? 
and  wherein  have  I  wearied  thee?  testify  against  me. 
Micah  vi.  3. 

ScHOL.  Jesus  answered  him,  If  I  have  spoken  evil, 
bear  witness  of  the  evil  :  but  if  well,  why  smitest  thou 
me  ?    John  xviii.  23. 

False  Witnesses. 

Teach  False  witnesses  did  rise  up  ;  they  laid  to  my 
charge  things  that  I  knew  not.     Ps.  xxxv.  11. 

ScHOL.     For  many  bare  false  witness  against  him,  but 
their  witness  agreed  not  together.     Matt.  xiv.  56. 
Tne  B'^affeting  and  Spitting. 

Teach.  I  gave  my  back  to  the  smiters,  and  my  cheeks 
to  them  that  plucked  off  the  hair  :  I  hid  not  my  face  from 
shame  and  spitting.     Ps.  1.  6. 

ScHOL.  Then  did  they  spit  in  his  face  and  buffeted 
him  ;  and  others  smote  him  with  the  palm  of  the  hand. 
Matt.  xxvi.  67. 

G-uiitless  of  Cfience. 

Teach.  They  that  are  mine  enemies,  and  would  de- 
stroy me  guiltless  are  mighty.     Ps.  Ixix.  4. 

Schol.     Pilate  therefore  went  forth  again,   and  saith 
unto  them,  Behold,  I   bring   him  forth   to  you,  that  ye 
may  know  that  I  find  no  fault  in  him.     John  xix.  4. 
The   Sco-arging. 

Teach.  But  he  was  wounded  for  our  transgressions, 
he  was  bruised  for  our  iniquities  ;  the  chastisement  of 
our  peace  was  upon  him  ;  and  with  his  stripes  we  are 
healed.     Isa.  liii.  5. 

Schol.  Then  Pilate  therefore  took  Jesus,  and  scour- 
ged him.  And  the  soldiers  platted  a  crown  of  thorns, 
and  put  it  on  his  head,  and  they  put  on  him  a  purple 
robe,  and  said,  Hail,  King  of  the  Jews  !  and  they  smote 
him  with  their  hands.    John  xix.  1,  2,  3. 

4* 


42  MANUAL    OF   DEVOTION. 

Most  merciful  God  and  Father,  we  adore  and  magnify 
thy  great  and  excellent  name,  that  thou  didst  raise  up 
among  thy  ancient  people  prophets  in  whom  ihe  spirit  of 
grace  and  wisdom  was  manifested,  when  they  testified 
beforehand  the  sufferings  of  Christ,  and  the  glory  that 
should  follow.  We  bless  thee  that  not  only  unto  thy  Is- 
rael of  old,  but  unto  us  also  did  they  minister,  by  their 
prophecies,  the  things  that  are  now  reported  vinto  us  by 
the  preaching  of  the  gospel  with  the  Holy  Ghost  sent 
down  from   heaven. 

We  bless  and  give  thanks  unto  thee,  our  Father,  and 
God,  that  in  the  sure  word  of  prophecy  which  we  have 
read,  we  have  seen  distinctly  announced,  ages  before  their 
occurrence,  all  the  leading  circumstances  that  preceded 
the  great  sacrifice  of  the  Son  of  God  for  the  sins  of  a 
ruined  world — his  rejection  by  the  Jews,  his  sorrows  in 
the  garden,  his  betrayal  by  a  kiss,  his  abandonment  by 
his  disciples,  his  contumely  at  the  High  Priest's,  in  the 
judgment-hall  of  Pilate,  the  buffeting  and  scourging,  and 
the  bearing  of  his  cross  up  the  steeps  of  Calvary.  Holy 
Spirit  of  Grace,  seal  these  things  to  the  confirmation  of 
our  faith. 

Blessed  Jesus,  thou  suffering  Son  of  God,  whose  heart 
was  full  of  compassion  and  mercy  to  the  children  of  men. 
may  the  remembrance  of  all  that  thou  hast  done  and  suf- 
fered, melt  our  hearts  to  tenderness  and  fill  them  with 
gratitude  to  thee  for  thy  inestimable  love.  Help  us  to 
evince  our  gratitude  to  thee  by  obeying  thy  laws  and 
walki)ig  in  thy  ways  Give  us  grace  to  imitate  thy 
blessed  example  in  all  things — thy  active  benevolence, 
thy  meekness  under  provocation,  thy  forgiveness  of  in- 
juries, thy  patience  in  affliction,  and  thy  perfect  resigna- 
tion to  thy  Father's  will — that  living  and  suffering  with 
thee  upon  earth,  we  may  reign  with  thee  in  heaven. 
Amen  !     Our  Fatlier  who  art  in  heaven,  &c. 


PROPHECIES  OF  CHRIST'S  CRUCIEIXION. 


jfixsX  ^l)uustJao   in  tl)e  iiXoutI).    i-aovninu. 

HYMN    19.         L.  M. 

VaUntia. 
.EXTENDED  on  a  cursed  tree,  For  n>e  the  bnn-le.i  to  sustain 

CoveT'd  with  diisl,  and  sweat,  and  blood,  Too  great,  on  thee,  my  Lord,  was  laid: 

See  there,  the  K.iig  of  glivy  see!  To  hefj  me,  ihou  bast  borne  llie  pain; 

Sinks  anl  expires  ilie  son  of  God.  To  bless  me.  ibou  a  curse  wast  made. 

Who,  who,  my  Saviour,  this  hath  done  ?  My  Saviour,  how  shall  I  proclaim, 

Who  could  ihy  8a.cre<l  body  wound  7  How  pay  ihe  niigliiy  debt  I  owe  7 

No  guili  thy  spolleas  hei\rt  hath   known,—  Let  all  I  have,  aihl  ul)  1  am, 

No  g!iile  liaih  i/i  thy  lips  been  found.  Cea.-eless^  to  all,  tliy  glory  sliow. 

I,  I  alone  have  done  the  deed,  Still  let  thy  '.ears,  thy  grnans,  thy  sighs, 

Tis  I  'hy  sacred  flesh  have  torn;  0'eifl.>w  my  eyes,  and  heave  my  breast. 

My  sins  have  can^eJ  thee,  Lortl,  to  bleed,—  Till  loosed  from  flesh  aiid  earth,  I  rise, 

Pointed  the  nail,  and  fixed  the  thorn.  And  ever  in  tby  bosom  rest. 

Christ  Smitten  with  a  E/od. 

Teacher.  Now  gather  thyself  in  troops,  0  daughter 
of  troops  :  he  hath  laid  siege  against  us  ;  they  shall 
smite  the  Judge  of  Israel  with  a  rod  upon  the  cheek. 
Micah  V.  1, 

Scholars.  And  when  they  had  platted  a  crown  of 
thorns,  they  put  it  upon  his  head,  and  a  reed  in  his  right 
hand.  And  they  spit  upon  him,  and  took  the  reed,  and 
smote  him  on  the  head.     Matt,  xxvii.  29,  30. 

Led  from  Judgment  to   Crucifixion. 

Teach.  He  was  taken  from  prison  and  from  judg- 
ment :  and  who  shall  declare  his  generation  .'  for  he  was 
cut  off  out  of  the  land  of  the  living.     Isa.  liii.  8. 

ScHOL.  And  the  soldiers  led  him  away  into  the 
hall,  called  Pretorium  ;  and  they  called  together  the  whole 
band.  And  when  they  had  mocked  him,  they  took  off 
the  purple  from  him,  and  put  his  own  clothes  on  him, 
and  led  him  out  to  crucify  him.  ]\Iark  xvi.  16,  20. 
43 


44  MANUAL     OF     DEVOTION. 

Christ  bearing  his  Cress. 

Teach.  Surely  he  hath  borne  our  griefs,  and  carried 
our  sorrows  :  yet  we  did  esteem  him  stricken,  smitten  of 
God,  and  afflicted.     Isa.  Hi.  4. 

ScHOL.  And  they  took  Jesus  and  led  him  away  to 
crucify  him.  And  he  bearing  his  cross  went  forth  into  a 
place  called  the  place  of  a  scull,  which  is  called  in  the 
Hebrew,  Golgotha.     John  xix.  17. 

His   Crucitixion. 

Teach.  For  dogs  have  compassed  me  :  the  assembly 
of  the  wicked  have  enclosed  me  :  they  pierced  my  hands 
and  my  feet.     Ps.  xxii.  16. 

ScHOL.     And  when  they  were  come  to  the  place  which 
is  called  Calvary,  there  they  crucified  him.  Luke  xxiii.  33. 
Crucified  of  the  Jews. 

Teach.  And  one  shall  say  unto  him,  What  are  these 
wounds  in  thy  hands.'     Zech,  xiii.  6. 

ScHOL.     Then  he  shall  answer,  Those  with  which  I 
was  wounded  in  the  house  of  my  fi-iends.     Zech.  xiii.  6. 
The  two  Thieves. 

Teach.  Therefore  will  I  divide  him  a  portion  with 
the  great,  and  he  shall  divide  the  spoil  with  the  strong, 
because  he  hath  poured  out  his  soul  unto  death,  and  he 
was  numbered  with  the  transgressors.     Isa.  liii.  12. 

Schol.  And  with  him  they  crucified  two  thieves,  the 
one  on  his  right  hand,  and  the  other  on  his  left.  Mark 
XV.  27. 

Prays  for  his  Enemies. 

Teach.  He  bore  the  sins  of  many,  and  made  inter- 
cession for  the  transgressors.     Isa.  liii.  12. 

Schol.  Then  said  Jesus,  Father,  forgive  them,  for 
they  know  not  what  they  do.     John  xix.  34. 

The  scoffing  and  Shaking  of  Heads. 

Teach.  All  they  that  see  me  laugh  me  to  scorn  :  they 
shoot  out  the  lip,  they  shake  the  head.     Ps.  xxii.  7. 

Schol.  And  they  that  passed  by,  reviled  him  wag- 
ging their  heads.     Matt,  xxvii.  39. 


FIRST    THURSDAY    IN    TELE    MONTH.  45 

His  Tnist  in  G-od  E/idic-aled. 

Teach.  They  shake  the  head,  saying,  He  trusted  on 
the  Lord  that  he  would  deliver  him  ;  let  him  deliver  him, 
seeing  he  delighted  in  him,     Ps.  xxii.  7,  8. 

ScHOL.  Likewise  also  the  chief  priests  mocking  him, 
with  the  scribes  and  elders,  said.  He  saved  others;  him- 
self he  canutt  save.  If  he  be  the  King  of  Israel,  let  him 
now  come  down  from  the  cross,  and  we  will  believe  him. 
He  trusted  in  God  ;  let  him  deliver  him  now  if  he  will 
have  him  :  for  he  said,  I  am  the  Son  of  God.  Matt, 
xxvii.  41,  42,  43. 

The  Railing  cf  the  Thieves. 

Teach.  Bvxt  in  mine  adversity  they  rejoiced,  and 
gathered  themselves  together  ;  yea,  the  abjects  gathered 
themselves  together  against  me.     Ps.  xxxv.  15. 

ScHOL.     The  thieves  also  which  were  crucified  with 
him,  cast  the  same  in  his  teeth.     Matt,  xxvii.  44. 
The  Sorrov.'-  of  the  Virgin. 

Teach.  Yea  a  sword  shall  pierce  through  thy  own 
soul  also  ;  that  the  thoughts  of  many  hearts  may  be  re- 
vealed.    Luke  ii.  35. 

ScHOL.     Now  there  stood  by  the  cross  of  Jesus,  hia 
mother,  and  his  mother's  sister,  Mary,  the  wife  of  Cleo- 
phas,  and  Mary  Magdalene.     John  xix.  25. 
His  Friends  afar  Oif. 

Teach.  My  lovers  and  my  friends  stand  aloof  from 
my  sore  ;  and  my  kinsmen  stand  afar  off.     Ps.  xxviii.  11. 

ScHOL.  And  all  his  acquaintance,  and  the  women  that 
followed  him  from  Galilee,  stood  aftir  off,  beholding 
these  things.     Luke  xxiii.  49. 

The  Noon-day  Darkness 

Teach.  In  that  day,  saith  the  Lord  God,  I  will  cause 
the  sun  to  go  down  at  noon,  and  I  will  darken  the  eiirth 
in  the  clear  day.     Amos  viii.  9. 

Schol.  Now  from  the  sixth  hour  there  was  darkness 
over  all  the  land  until  the  ninth  hour.     Matt,  xxvii.  45. 


46  MANUAL    OF   DEVOTION. 

Father  of  all  our  mercies,  and  God  of  all  grace,  we 
adore  thee,  that  in  thine  infinite  compassion,  thou  didst 
devise  a  plan  for  the  restoration  of  the  world  from  the 
curse  of  a  broken  covenant.  We  bless  thee  for  thy  match- 
less benevolence  towards  our  guilty  race,  that  thou  didst 
not  permit  man  when  fallen  to  remain  in  the  darkness  of 
despair,  but  didst  comfort  him  by  the  immediate  promise 
of  a  Saviour  to  come,  and  in  the  institution  of  sacrifice  at 
the  gates  of  Eden,  by  the  shedding  of  blood  didst  typify 
the  great  sacrifice  of  the  Son  of  God  for  the  sins  of  the 
whole  world. 

We  thank  thee,  our  Father  and  God,  that,  in  the  accep- 
tance of  each  victim  oflfered  before  the  law  of  Moses,  and 
of  each  sacrifice  under  the  law,  as  well  as  by  sacrificial 
types  and  shadows,  and  by  the  words  which  holy  men  of 
God  were  moved  of  the  Holy  Ghost  to  speak  of  a  coming 
Saviour,  in  the  Prophets  and  in  the  Psalms,  thou  didst  re- 
new the  pledge  of  the  world's  redemption,  and  set  forth 
the  great  atonement,  which  in  due  time  was  made  for  the 
sins  of  our  fallen  race,  by  the  sufferings  and  death  of  the 
Son  of  God. 

Holy  and  immaculate  Lamb  of  God  who  takest  away 
the  sins  of  the  world,  we  bless  and  give  thanks  unto  thee 
for  thy  infinite  love  and  condescension  to  guilty  man.  We 
adore  the  riches  of  thy  mercy  that  thou  didst  become  an 
oblation  for  sin,  and  as  the  sacrifice  of  the  whole  world, 
upon  the  altar  of  the  cross,  didst  bleed  and  die  to  reconcile 
us  to  an  offended  God.  Son  of  the  Father,  by  thy  suffer- 
ing life  and  dying  love,  constrain  our  hearts  to  love  and 
serve  thee,  and  to  live  for  thee  upon  earth  that  we  may 
reign  with  thee  in  Heaven.  Our  Father,  who  art  in  hea- 
ven, hallowed  be  thy  name:  thy  kingdom  come:  thy  will 
be  done  in  earth  as  it  is  in  heaven:  give  us  this  day  our 
daily  bread:  and  forgive  us  our  trespasses  as  we  forgive 
them  that  trespass  against  us:  &c. 


PROPHECIES  OF   CHRIST^S  DEATH. 


Sfitst  2rf)uvstiaD  in  tijc  i^^lontlj.    iEbenfnfl. 

HYMN  20.         L.  M. 

Dresden, 
HE  dies !  the  Friend  of  sinners  dies !  The  rising  God  forsakes  the  tomb  ; 

Lo  I  Salem's  daughters  weep  aroiuid  ;  (In  vain  the  tomlj  forbids  his  riseO 

A  solemn  darliness  veils  the  skies,  Cherubic  legions  guard  him  home, 

A  sudden  trembling  shakes  the  ground  ;  Aud  shout  him  welcome  lo  ihe  skies. 

Come,  saints,  and  drop  a  tear  or  two  r,      i     a-           .                   ■   .         j  .  n 

„    ' ,  .         '               , ,  .           ,              ,  ,      Break  off  your  tears,  ye  saiuls,  and  teU 

For  him  who  groan'd  beneath  your  load ;        _.        .  .  •  t->  i    i_         •  _  . 

,,,,,*,,         ..         •'  How  high  )-our  great  Dcliv'rer  reigns; 

He  shed  a  ihous;iiid  drops  tor  you,—  „•       i,        i            ni    i     i            r  i,  ii 

.    ,            ,    ,           /•       ,       1,1  S'ng  how  he  spoil'd  the  iiosis  of  hell, 

A  tnous;ind  drops  ol  richer  blood.  .     ,  ,    ,    ,                     ,      ,    •       u   • 

^  And  led  the  monster  deaih  in  chauis: 

t*!re's  loTe  and  grief  beyond  degree:  Say,  Live  forever,  woiidrous  King! 

The  Lord  of  glory  dieji  for  inanl  Born  to  redeem,  aiid  strong  to  save; 

n«t  Jol  what  sudden  joys  we  see:  Then  ask  the  monsier,  VVheie's  thy  sting? 

Jesus,  the  dead,  revives  again.  And,  Where's  Oiy  vict'rj-,  boasting  grave? 

Christ  forsaken  of  the  Father. 

Teacher.  My  God,  my  God,  why  hast  thou  forsaken 
me.'    Ps.  xxii.  1. 

Scholars.  At  the  ninth  hour  Jesus  cried  with  a  loud 
voice,  saying,  Eloi,  Eloi,  lama  sabachthani .'  which  is, 
being  interpreted.  My  God,  my  God,  why  hast  thou  for- 
saken me.'    Mark.  xv.  34. 

The  Stupefying  Mixture. 

Teach.  They  gave  me  also  gall  for  my  m£at ;  and  in 
my  thirst  they  gave  me  vinegar  to  drink.     Ps.  Ixix.  21. 

ScHOL.     And  some  of  them  that  stood  by,  when  they 
heard  it,  said,  Behold,  he   calleth  Elias.     And  one  ran 
and  filled  a  sponge  full  of  vinegar,  and  put  it  on  a  reed, 
and  gave  him  to  drink.     Matt.  xv.  35,  36. 
His  Dying  Cry. 

Teach.  Seventy  weeks  are  determined  upon  thy  peo- 
ple and  thy  holy  city,  to  finish  the  transgression,  and  to 
make  an  end  of  sins,  and  to  make  reconciliation  for  ini- 
quity, and  to  bring  in  everlasting  righteousness.  Daniel 
ix.  24. 

47 


48  MANUAL     OF     DEVOTION. 

ScHOL.     When  Jesus  therefore  had  received  the  vine- 
gar, he  said,  It  is  finished  :  and  he  bowed  his  head  and 
gave  up  the  ghost.     John  xix.  30. 
His  Death. 

Teach.  Therefore  will  I  divide  him  a  portion  with 
the  great,  and  he  shall  divide  the  spoil  with  the  strong  ; 
because  he  hath  poured  out  his  soul  unto  death.  Isaiah 
liu.  12. 

ScHOL.     And  when  Jesus  had  cried  with  a  loud  voice, 
he  said,  Father,  into  thy  hands  I  commend  my  spirit :  and 
having  said  thus,  he  gave  up  the  ghost.     Luke  xxiii.  46. 
Parting  of  his  Garments. 

Teach.  They  part  my  garments  among  them,  and 
cast  lots  upon  my  vesture.     Ps.  xxii.  18. 

ScHOL.  And  when  they  had  crucified  him,  they  parted 
his  garments,  casting  lots  upon  them,  what  every  man 
should  take.     Mark  xv.  24. 

His  Bones  not  Broken. 

Teach.  He  keepeth  all  his  bones  :  not  one  of  them  is 
broken.     Ps.  xxxix.  20. 

ScuoL.     Then  came  the  soldiers,  and  brake  the  legs  of 
the  first,  and  of  the  other  which  was  crucified  with  him. 
But  when  they  came  to  Jesus,  and  saw  that  he  was  dead 
already,  they  brake  not  his  legs.     John  xiv.  32,  33. 
Piercing  his  Side. 

Teach.  And  they  shall  look  upon  me  whom  they 
have  pierced,  and  they  shall  mourn  for  him,  as  one 
mourneth  for  his  only  son,  and  shall  be  in  bitterness  for 
his  fii-st-born.     Zech.  xii.  10. 

ScuoL.  But  one  of  the  soldiers  with  a  spear  pierced 
his  side,  and  forthwith  came  thereout  blood  and  water. 
John  xix.  34. 

His  Side  Pierced  during  the  Darkness. 

Teach.  It  shall  be  one  day,  which  shall  be  known  to 
the  Lord,  not  day  nor  night ;  but  it  shall  come  to  pass 
that  at  evening  time  it  shall  be  light.    And  it  shall  be  in 


FIRST    THURSDAY    IN    TH£    MONTH.  49 

that  day  that  living  waters  sliall  go  out  from  Jerusalem. 
Zech.  xiv.  7,  8. 

ScHOL.  But  one  of  the  soldiers  with  a  spear  pierced 
his  side,  and  forthwith  came  thereout  blood  and  water. 
John  xix   34. 

His  Burial 

Teach.  And  he  made  his  grave  with  the  wicked,  and 
with  the  rich  in  his  death  ;  because  he  had  done  no  vio- 
lence, neither  was  any  deceit  in  his  mouth.    Tsa.  liii.  9. 

ScHOL.  And  behold,  there  was  a  man  named  Joseph, 
a  counsellor,  and  he  was  a  good  man,  and  a  just.  This 
man  went  unto  Pilate,  and  begged  the  body  of  Jesus. 
And  he  took  it  down  and  wrapped  it  in  linen,  and  laid  it 
in  a  sepulchre  that  was  hewn  in  stone,  wherein  never 
man  before  was  laid.  Luke  xxiii.  50,  51,  53 
His   E/esurrection. 

Teach.  Therefore  my  heart  is  glad,  and  my  glory  re- 
joiceth  :  my  flesh  also  shall  rest  in  hope.  For  thou  wilt 
not  leave  my  soul  in  hell ;  neither  wilt  thou  suflfer  thy 
Holy  One  to  see  corruption.     Ps.  xvi.  10. 

ScHOL.  Men  and  brethren,  let  me  freely  speak  unto 
you  of  the  patriarch  David,  that  he  is  both  dead  and  bu- 
ried, and  his  sepulchre  is  with  us  unto  this  day.  There- 
fore being  a  prophet,  and  knowing  that  God  had  sworn 
with  an  oath  to  him,  that  of  the  fruit  of  his  loins,  ac- 
cording to  the  flesh,  he  would  raise  up  Christ  to  sit  on 
his  throne ;  he  seeing  this  before,  spake  of  the  resurrec- 
tion of  Christ,  that  his  soul  was  not  left  in  hell,  neither 
did  his  flesh  see  corruption.  This  Jesus  hath  God  raised 
up,  whereof  we  all  are  witnesses.  Acts  ii.  29,  30,  31,  32. 
Resurrection  of  the  Saints. 

Teach.  Thy  dead  men  shall  live,  together  with  my 
dead  body  shall  they  arise.  Awake  and  sing,  ye  that 
dwell  in  dust :  for  thy  dew  is  as  the  dew  of  herbs,  and 
the  earth  shall  cast  out  the  dead.     Isa.  xxvi.  19. 

ScHOL.    And  the  earth  did  quake,  and  the  rocks  rent; 
5 


60  MANUAL    OF    DEVOTION. 

and  the  graves  were  opened,  and  many  bodies  of  the 
(saints  which  slept  arose ;  and  came  out  of  the  graves  af- 
ter his  resurrection.     Matt,  xxvii.  51,  52,  53. 

The  Hope  of  a  future  Resurrection 

Teach.  I  know  that  my  Redeemer  liveth,  and  that 
he  shall  stand  at  the  latter  day  upon  the  earth.  And  though 
after  my  skin  worms  destroy  this  body,  yet  in  my  flesh 
shall  I  see  God:  whom  I  shall  see  for  myself,  and  mine 
eyes  shall  behold,  and  not  another;  though  my  reins  be 
consumed  within  me.     Job  xix.  25,  26,  27. 

ScHOL.     Jesus  said  unto  her,  I  am  the  resurrection  and 
the  life  :  he  that  believeth  in  me,  though  he  were   dead, 
yet  shall  he  live:  and  whosoever  liveth,  and  believeth  in 
me,  shall  never  die.     John  xi.  25,  26. 
His  Ascension. 

Teach.  Thou  hast  ascended  on  high,  thou  hast  led 
captivity  captive  :  thou  hast  received  gifts  for  men.  Ps. 
Ixviii.  18. 

ScHOL.     And  he  led  them  out  as  far  as  to  Bethany  :  and 
he  lifted  up  his  hands,  and  blessed  them.  And  it  came  to 
pass,  while  he  blessed  them,  he  was  parted  from  them, 
and  carried  up  into  heaven.     Luke  xxiv.  50,  51. 
Descent  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

Teach.  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  afterward,  that  1 
will  pour  out  my  Spirit  upon  all  flesh  ;  and  your  song 
and  your  daughters  shall  prophesy,  your  old  men  shall 
dream  dreams,  your  young  men  shall  see  visions  :  and 
also  upon  the  servants  and  upon  the  handmaids  in  those 
days  will  1  pour  out  my  Spirit.    Joel  ii.  28,  29. 

ScHOL.  And  suddenly  there  came  a  sound  from  heaven, 
as  of  a  rushing  mighty  wind,  and  it  filled  all  the  house 
where  they  were  sitting.  And  there  appeared  unto  them 
cloven  tongues  like  as  of  fire,  and  it  sat  upon  each  of 
them.  And  they  were  all  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost, 
and  began  to  speak  with  other  tongues,  as  the  Spirit  gave 
them  utterance.     Acts  ii.  2,  3,  4. 


FIRST   THURSDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  51 

Almighty  and  everlasting  Jehovah,  we  adore  and  bless 
thee  for  thy  infinite  benevolence,  that  when  man  by  sin 
had  rendered  himself  obnoxious  to  temporal  death,  thou 
didst  not  sufl'er  him  to  fall  into  the  pains  of  death  eternal, 
but  didst  devise  means  for  his  recovery  from  guilt,  and 
for  final  restoration  to  thy  favor,  by  providing  a  Saviour 
who,  made  a  little  lower  than  the  angels,  for  the  suffering 
of  death  was  crowned  with  glory  and  honor ;  that  by  the 
grace  of  God  he  should  taste  death  for  every  man. 

We  praise  and  give  thanks  unto  thee,  O  Lord,  that  by 
the  ministry  of  angels,  and  by  the  mouths  of  holy  pro- 
phets, and  by  types  and  ceremonies  under  the  law,  thou 
didst  comfort  those  of  the  earlier  dispensations  with  the 
promise  of  a  Messiah  who  should  restore  all  things  ;  and 
we  bless  thee,  0  Lord,  that  all  that  angels  announced — all 
that  the  law  prefigured,  and  that  the  prophets  had  foretold, 
were  consummated,  and  all  the  effects  of  Adam's  sin  an- 
nulled, when  the  dying  Son  of  God  cried,  "It  is  finished," 
upon  the  summit  of  Calvary,  and  his  rising  body  forsook 
the  tomb  of  Joseph  of  Arimathea. 

All  praise  and  honor  be  unto  thy  name,  most  merciful 
Redeenier,  for  thy  boundless  love  and  infinite  condescen- 
sion. Melt  our  hearts  into  tenderness  and  contrition  and 
love  at  the  remembrance  of  all  thy  sufferings.  By  thine 
agony  and  bloody  sweat,  by  thy  cross  and  passion,  by  thy 
precious  death  and  burial,  by  thy  glorious  resurrection 
and  ascension,  and  by  the  coming  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  de- 
liver us  from  all  our  spiritual  enemies,  and  bring  us  to  thy 
heavenly  kingdom.  Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hal- 
lowed be  thy  name  :  thy  kingdom  come  :  thy  will  be  done 
in  earth  as  it  is  in  heaven :  give  us  this  day  our  daily 
bread :  and  forgive  us  our  trespasses  as  we  forgive  them 
that  trespass  against  us  :  lead  us  not  into  temptation  ;  but 
deliver  us  from  evil:  for  thine  is  the  kingdom,  and  the 
power,  and  the  glory  forever  and  ever.     Amen! 


GODHEAD  AND  HUMANITY  OF  CHRIST. 


j^ivst  Sfmav  in  tje  imontl;.     iHornfnfl. 


HYMN    21.  L.  M 

Cleaveland. 
TO  us  a  ch'ld  of  royal  birth, 

£iiil  of  the  promises,  is  given  ; 
The  Invisible  uppearj  ou  e.irth,— 

The  Son  of  ruan,  the  God  of  heaven. 
A  Saviour  born,  in  love  supreme, 

He  comes,  our  fallen  souls  to  raise ; 
He  comes,  his  people  to  redeem. 

With  all  his  plenitude  of  grace. 
The  Christ,  by  raptured  seers  foretold, 

Fill'd  with  the  Holy  Spirit's  power. 
Prophet,  and  Priest,  an  1  King,  behold ; 

And  Lord  of  all  the  world  adore. 
The  Lord  of  bosts,  the  God  most  high, 

Who  quits  his  throne,  on  earth  to  live, 
With  joy  we  welcome  from  the  sky, 

With  faith  into  our  heurts  receive. 


HYMN    22.        J-.  M. 

Snoiejield. 
HARK!  llie  herald  angels  sing,— 
Glory  to  the  new-born  King; 
Peace  on  earth,  and  mercy  mild  J 
God  and  iinuers  reconciled. 

Joyful  all  ye  nations  rise — 
Join  ll)e  triumphs  of  the  skies; 
With  angelic  hosts  proclaim,— 
Christ  b  born  in  BeUilehem. 
Ciirist,  by  high.st  heaven  adored,— 
Clirist,  the  everlas<ii)g  Lord ; 
Veil'd  in  flesh  the  Godhead  see; 
Hail,  incarnate  Dei;y  1 
Hail  the  heaven-born  Prince  of  peacel 
Hail  the  Sun  of  righteousness  1 
Light  and  life  to  all  he  brings, — 
Risen  with  healing  in  his  wings. 


Teacher.  God,  who  at  sundry  times  and  in  divers 
manners  spake  in  time  past  unto  the  fathers  by  the  pro- 
phets, hath  in  these  last  days  spoken  unto  us  by  his  Son, 
whom  he  hath  appointed  heir  of  all  things,  by  whom  also 
he  made  the  worlds.     Heb.  i.  1,  2. 

Scholars.  Who  being  the  brightness  of  his  glory, 
and  the  express  image  of  his  person,  and  upholding  all 
things  by  the  word  of  his  power,  when  he  had  by  him- 
self purged  our  sins,  sat  down  on  the  right  hand  of  the 
Majesty  on  high.     Heb.  i.  3. 

Teach.  In  tbe  beginning  was  the  Word,  and  the 
Word  was  with  God,  and  the  Word  was  God.     John  i.  1. 

ScHOL.  And  the  Word  was  made  flesh,  and  dwelt 
among  us,  and  we  beheld  his  glory,  the  glory  as  of  the 
only-begotten  of  the  Father,  full  of  grace  and  truth. 
John  i.  14. 

Teach.  He  received  from  God  the  Father,  honor  and 
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53 


glory,  when  there  came  such  a  voice  to  him  from  the  ex- 
cellent glory,  This  is  my  beloved  Son,  in  whom  I  am 
well  pleased.     2  Pet.  i.  17. 

ScHOL.  Unto  us  a  child  is  born,  unto  us  a  Son  is  giv- 
en, and  the  government  shall  be  upon  his  shoulder ;  and 
his  name  shall  be  called  Wonderful,  Counsellor,  The 
Mighty  God,  The  Everlasting  Father,  The  Prince  of 
Peace.     Isa.  ix.  6. 

Teach.  All  things  were  made  by  him  ;  and  without 
him  was  not  any  thing  made  that  was  made.      John  i.  3. 

ScHOL.  And,  thou,  Lord,  in  the  beginning  hast  laid 
the  foundation  of  the  earth ;  and  the  heavens  are  the 
works  of  thy  hands.     Heb.  i.  10. 

Teach.  At  the  name  of  Jesus  every  knee  shall  bow, 
of  things  in  heaven  and  things  in  earth,  and  things  under 
the  earth  ;  and  every  tongue  shall  confess  that  Jesus 
Christ  is  Lord,  to  the  glory  of  God  the  Father.  Phil, 
ii.  10,  11. 

ScHOL.  Jesus  answered  them,  my  Father  worketh 
hitherto,  and  I  work.  Therefore  the  Jews  sought  the  more 
to  kill  him,  because  he  not  only  had  broken  the  Sab- 
bath, but  said  also  that  God  was  his  Father,  making 
himself  equal  with  God.     John  v.  17,  18. 

Teach.  Let  this  mind  be  in  you,  which  was  also  in 
Christ  Jesus;  who,  being  in  the  form  of  God,  thought  it 
not  robbery  to  be  equal  with  God.     Phil.  ii.  5,  6. 

ScHOL.  But  made  himself  of  no  reputation,  and  took 
upon  him  the  form  of  a  servant,  and  was  made  in  the 
likeness  of  men.     Phil.  ii.  7. 

Teach.  He  was  rich,  yet  for  your  sakes  he  became 
poor,  that  ye  through  his  poverty  might  be  rich.  2  Cor. 
viii.  9. 

ScHOL.  For  verily  he  took  not  on  him  the  nature  of 
angels  ;  but  he  took  on  him  the  seed  of  Abraham.  Heb. 
ii.  16. 

Teach.  For  in  that  he  himself  hath  suffered,  being 
tempted,  he  is  able  to  succor  them  that  are  tempted.  Heb. 
ii.  18.  5* 


54  MANUAL    OF    DEVOTION. 


Most  merciful  and  gracious  Lord,  our  God  and  Father 
in  Christ,  we  adore  thee  for  thy  benevolence  in  creating 
us,  and  thy  matchless  condescension  in  creating  us  in 
thine  own  image,  and  when  sin  had  defaced  the  likeness 
which  thine  own  hands  had  impressed,  we  magnify  EUid 
bless  thy  name,  that  thou  didst  give  thine  only-begotten 
and  well-beloved  Son  for  the  redemption  of  man  and  the 
restoration  of  thy  lost  image.  God  of  benevolence,  as  thou 
didst  not  spare  thy  only  son,  but  delivered  him  up  for  us 
all,  we  approach  thee  in  humble  confidence,  that  with  him 
thou  wilt  also  freely  give  us  all  things.  We  beseech  thee, 
pardon  our  sins  and  make  us  ever  thy  faithful  servants. 

Incarnate  God  and  Saviour,  we  adore  thee  in  the  won- 
drous mystery  of  thy  humiliation,  in  which  thou  who 
wast  in  the  form  of  God,  didst  stoop  to  assume  the  form 
of  a  servant,  and  wert  found  in  the  fashion  of  a  man,  to 
repair  the  ruins  of  sin  by  the  glories  of  thy  divine  person. 

Our  Creator,  Lord  and  Protector,  thou  didst  humble 
thyself  to  become  our  Redeemer,  companion  and  brother. 
The  Son  of  God,  co-equal  and  co-eternal  with  the  Father, 
thou  didst  become  the  son  of  man,  that  we  might  be  made 
the  sons  of  God,  and  wast  born  after  the  flesh,  that  we 
might  be  born  after  the  Spirit.  The  Lord  of  all  things, 
thou  didst  become  poor  that  we  through  thy  poverty  might 
be  made  rich  ;  and  in  thy  birth  and  in  thy  death  didst 
vouchsafe  to  be  made  a  partaker  of  our  humanity  and 
mortality  that  we,  through  thy  glorious  resurrection  and 
ascension  might  be  partakers  of  thy  divinity  and  eternity. 

Blessed  Jesus,  we  acknowledge  thee  our  Immanuel. 
As  God,  thou  art  our  Redeemer ;  thou  didst  offer  unto  the 
Father  a  perfect  sacrifice  for  sin  ;  as  man  thou  hast  ex- 
hibited unto  all  believers  a  perfect  example  of  holiness 
and  obedience.  Transform  us,  adorable  Saviour,  into  thy 
divine  image,  conform  us  to  thy  blessed  example,  and  bring 
us  all  to  thine  everlasting  kingdom  in  heaven.     Our,  &c. 


INCARNATION   AND  BIRTH  OP  CHRIST. 


jFicsft  iFcroaii   in  m  fHonti).    Sobening. 


HYMN    20. 


C.  M. 


Bethlehem. 
AS  shepherds  watch'd  llicir  flocks  by  night, 

All  seated  on  the  ground, 
The  angel  of  the  hard  came  down. 

And  glory  shone  nrouijd. 

Fear  not,  said  he,  (for  mighty  dread 
Had  seized  iheir  irouliled  mind,) 

Glad  tidings  of  great  ji  y  I  bring, 
To  you  and  all  m^nkind. 

To  you.  in  David's  town,  this  day 

Is  born  of  David's  line, 
The  Saviour,  who  is  Christ  the  Lor.l  j 

And  tliis  shall  be  the  sign: 

The  heavenly  babe  yon  there  shall  find 

To  hriaian  view  display'd, 
All  mennly  wrapp'd  in  swathing-bands, 

And  in  a  manger  ItiiJ. 


HYMN    21.        c.  M. 

Gillet. 
HARK,  the  glad  sound  !  the  Saviour  comes. 

The  Saviour  promised  long ; 
Let  every  heart  prepare  a  throne, 

And  every  voice  a  song. 

He  comes,  ilie  Pris'ner  to  release, 

In  Satan's  bondage  held  ; 
Tlie  gates  of  brass  before  him  burst. 

The  iron  fetters  yield. 

He  comes,  the  broken  heart  to  bind, 

The  wounded  soul  to  cure, 
Ani  with  the  treasures  of  his  grace, 

To  enrich  the  bumble  poor. 
Our  glad  hosannas.  Prince  of  peace, 

Thy  welcome  shall  proclaim. 
And  heaven's  eterual  arches  ring 

With  thy  beloved  name. 


Teacher,  Now  when  Jesus  was  born  in  Bethlehem 
of  Judea,  in  the  days  of  Herod  the  king,  behold,  there 
came  wise  men  from  the  east  to  Jerusalem,  saying, 
Where  is  he  that  is  born  king  of  the  Jews .'  for  we  have 
seen  his  star  in  the  east,  and  are  come  to  worship  him. 
Matt,  ii,  1,  2. 

Scholars.  When  Herod  the  king,  had  heard  these 
things,  he  was  troubled,  and  all  Jerusalem  with  him. 
Matt.  ii.  3. 

Teach  .  And  when  he  had  gathered  all  the  chief  priests 
and  scribes  of  the  people  together,  he  demanded  of  them 
where  Christ  should  be  born.     Matt.  ii.  4. 

Schol.  And  they  said  unto  him.  In  Bethlehem  of  Ju- 
dea ;  for  thus  it  is  written  by  the  prophet :  And  thou, 
Bethlehem,  in  the  land  of  Judea,  art  not  the  least  among 
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56  MANUAL    OF    DEVOTION. 

the  princes  of  Juda ;  for  out  of  thee  shall  come  a  Governor, 
that  shall  rule  my  people  Israel.     Matt.  ii.  5,  6. 

Teach.  Then  Herod,  when  he  had  privily  called  the 
wise  men,  inquired  of  them  diligently  what  time  the  star 
appeared  ;  and  he  sent  them  to  Bethlehem  ;  and  said,  Go, 
and  search  diligently  for  the  young  child,  and  when  ye 
have  found  him,  bring  me  word  again,  that  I  may  come 
and  worship  him  also.     Matt.  li.  7,  8. 

ScHOL.  When  they  had  heard  the  king,  they  departed  ; 
and  lo,  the  star,  which  they  saw  in  the  east,  went  before 
them,  till  it  came  and  stood  over  where  the  young  child 
was.     Matt.  ii.  9. 

Teach.  When  they  saw  the  star,  they  rejoiced  with 
exceeding  great  joy  ;  and  when  they  were  come  into  the 
house,  they  saw  the  young  child  with  Mary  his  mother, 
and  fell  down,  and  worshipped  him.     Matt.  ii.  10,  11. 

ScHOL.  And  when  they  had  opened  their  treasures, 
they  presented  unto  him  gifts  ;  gold,  and  frankincense  and 
myrrh.  And  being  warned  of  God  in  a  dream,  that  they 
should  not  return  to  Herod,  they  departed  into  their  own 
country  another  way.     Matt.  ii.  11,  12. 

Teach.  And  there  were  in  the  same  country,  shep- 
herds abiding  in  the  field,  keeping  watch  over  their  flocks 
by  night.     Luke  ii.  8. 

ScHOL.  And  lo,  the  angel  of  the  Lord  came  upon  them, 
and  the  glory  of  the  Lord  shone  around  about  them,  and 
they  were  sore  afraid.     Luke  ii.  9. 

Teach,  And  the  angel  said  unto  them.  Fear  not;  for 
behold,  I  bring  you  good  tidings  of  great  joy,  which  shall 
be  to  all  people  :  for  unto  you  is  born  this  day,  in  the  city 
of  David,  a  Saviour,  which  is  Christ  the  Lord  ;  and  this 
shall  be  a  sign  unto  you ;  ye  shall  find  the  babe  wrapt  in 
swaddling-clothes,  lying  in  a  manger.    Luke  ii.  10, 11, 12. 

ScHOL.  And  suddenly,  there  was  with  the  angel  a 
multitude  of  the  heavenly  host,  praising  God,  and  saying, 
Glory  to  God  in  the  highest,  and  on  earth,  peace,  good 
will  to  men.    Luke  ii.  13,  14. 


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Almighty  Father  and  God,  we  adore  thy  mercy  and 
compassion  that  thou  didst  give  thine  only-begotten  Son 
to  take  our  nature  upon  him,  and  redeem  us  from  sin, 
Avho  in  his  humiliation,  incarnate  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  was 
made  like  unto  us,  and  born  of  a  virgin  that  he  might 
raise  us  to  the  likeness  of  his  glory.  We  bless  and  give 
thanks  unto  thee,  that  through  his  obedience  and  suffer- 
ings, we  who  were  not  worthy  to  be  called  servants,  have 
become  sons  and  heirs  of  God,  and  joint-heirs  with  Jesus 
Christ. 

Holy  Spirit  of  Grace,  open  thou  our  understandings, 
that  with  the  eye  of  faith,  we  may  behold  in  the  humility 
of  the  babe  of  Bethlehem  the  majesty  of  our  God  and  Re- 
deemer, and  with  the  angels  sing,  "Glory  to  God  in  the 
highest ;"  and,  that  knowing  him,  we  may  love  hmi,  and 
loving  him  with  all  our  hearts,  we  may  imitate  his  exam- 
ple, and  strive  to  attain  to  his  glory. 

Most  blessed  Lord  and  Saviour,  Son  of  the  living  God, 
we  praise  and  glorify  thee,  we  give  thanks  unto  thee  for 
thy  ineffable  love  towards  us  in  being  willing  to  leave  the 
bosom  of  the  Father,  and  the  glories  of  Heaven  for  a  life 
of  labor  and  a  state  of  poverty,  and  to  take  upon  thee  our 
nature  with  its  weaknesses  and  sufferings,  to  ransom  our 
guilty  race  and  bring  us  back  to  God.  While  our  hearts 
are  filled  with  wonder  and  love  that  thou,  who  art  the 
Lord  of  the  universe,  didst  become  the  infant  of  days,  and 
consent  to  be  born  in  a  stable  and  laid  in  a  manger,  0 
suffer  us  not  to  doubt  of  thy  willingness  to  save  those 
whom  thou  hast  redeemed  by  thy  humiliation  and  death ; 
and  at  last  bring  us  to  a  participation  of  thy  glory  in  hea- 
ven. Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy 
name :  thy  kingdom  come :  thy  will  be  done  in  earth  as 
it  is  in  heaven  :  give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread  :  and  for- 
give us  our  trespasses  as  we  forgive  them  that  trespass 
against  us  :  lead  us  not  into  temptation,  &c. 


CRUCIFIXION    OF    CHRIST. 


jfivst  SaturTiau   in  ti)C  ^ont!).     i^ocnins. 


HYMN    23. 


C.   M. 


Shepham. 
BEHOLD  the  Saviour  of  mankind 

Nail'd  to  llie  shameful  tree  ; 
How  vast  tlje  love  that  him  inclined 

To  bleed  and  die  for  Ihee ! 

Hark!  how  he  groans,  while  nature  shakes 
And  earth's  strong  pillars  bend: 

The  temple's  veil  in  sunder  breaks,— 
Tlie  solid  marbles  rend. 


rris  done !  the  precious  ransom's  paid ! 

Receive  my  soul  I  he  cries : 
See  where  he  bows  his  s  icred  head  ; 

He  bows  his  head,  and  dies. 


But  soon  he'll  break  death's  envii 
And  in  full  glory  shiue; 

O  Lamb  of  God,  was  ever  pain, 
Was  ever  love  like  thine? 


HYMN    24.         L.  M. 

Hamburg. 
YE  that  pass  by,  behold  the  Man— 

The  Man  of  griefs — condemn'd  for  yoti ; 
The  Lamb  of  God  for  sinners  slaiu, 

Weeping  to  Calvary  pursue. 

His  sacred  iimts  they  stretch,  they  tear; 

With  nails  ihey  fasten  to  the  wood ; 
His  sacred  limbs,  exposed  and  bare, 

Or  only  cover'd  with  his  blood. 

Behold  his  temples,  crown'd  with  thwn  ; 

His  bleeding  hands,  extended  wide ; 
His  streaming  feet,  transfix'd  and  torn; 

The  fountain  gusliing  from  his  side  1 

O  thou  dear  sufT 'ring  Son  of  God, 
How  doth  fliy  heart  to  sinners  move; 

Sprinkle  on  us  thy  precibus  blood. 
And  melt  us  with  thy  dying  love. 


Teacher.  When  the  morning  was  come,  all  the  chief 
priests  and  elders  of  the  people  took  counsel  against  Jesus 
to  put  him  to  death.  And  when  they  had  bound  him 
they  led  him  away,  and  delivered  him  to  Pontius  Pilate, 
the  governor.     Matt,  xxvii.  1,  2. 

Scholars.  When  Pilate  saw  that  he  could  prevail 
nothing,  but  that  rather  a  tumult  was  made,  he  took  wa- 
ter, and  washed  his  hands  before  the  multitude,  saying,  I 
am  innocent  of  the  blood  of  this  just  person :  see  ye  to 
it.    Matt,  xxvii.  24. 

Teach.  Then  answered  all  the  people,  and  said,  His 
blood  be  on  us,  and  on  our  children.     Matt,  xxvii.  25. 

ScHOL.  Then  released  he  Barabbas  unto  them  ;  and 
when  he  had  scourged  Jesus,  he  dehvered  him  to  be  cru- 
cified.    Matt,  xxvii.  26. 

Teach.  Then  the  soldiers  of  the  governor  took  Jesus 
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into  the  common  hall,  and  gathered  unto  him  the  whole 
band  of  soldiers.  And  they  stripped  him,  and  put  on 
him  a  scarlet  robe.     Matt,  xxxvii.  27,  28. 

ScHOL.  And  when  they  had  platted  a  crown  of  thorns, 
they  put  it  upon  his  head,  and  a  reed  in  his  right  hand  : 
and  they  bowed  the  knee  before  him,  and  mocked  him, 
saying,  Hail,  King  of  the  Jews.  And  they  spit  upon 
him,  and  took  the  reed  and  smote  him  on  the  head.  Matt, 
xxvii.  29,  30. 

Teach.  And  after  that  they  mocked  him,  they  took 
the  robe  off  from  him,  and  put  his  own  raiment  on  him, 
and  led  him  away  to  crucify  him.     Matt,  xxvii.  31. 

ScHOL.  And  when  they  were  come  unto  a  place  called 
Golgotha,  that  is  to  say,  a  place  of  a  scull,  they  gave 
him  vinegar  to  drink,  mingled  with  gall:  and  when  he 
had  tasted  thereof,  he  would  not  drink.  Matt,  xxvii. 
33,  34. 

Teach.  And  they  crucified  him;  and  pai-ted  his  gar- 
ments, casting  lots  :  that  it  might  be  fulfilled  which  was 
spoken  by  the  prophet :  They  parted  my  garments  among 
them,  and  upon  my  vesture  did  they  cast  lots.  Matt, 
xxvii.  35. 

ScHOL.  And  sitting  down,  they  watched  him  there  : 
and  set  up  over  his  head  his  accusation  written,  this  is 
JESUS  THE  KixG  OF  THE  JEWS.     Matt,  xxvii.  36,  37. 

Teach.  Then  were  there  two  thieves  crucified  with 
him  :  one  on  the  right  hand,  and  another  on  the  left. 
Matt,  xxvii.  38. 

ScHOL.  And  they  that  passed  by,  reviled  him,  wag- 
ging thaft  heads,  and  saying,  Thou  that  destroyest  the 
temple,  and  buildest  it  in  three  days,  save  thyself.  If 
thou  be  the  Son  of  God,  come  down  from  the  cross. 
Matt,  xxvii.  39,  40. 

Teach.  Likewise  also  the  chief  priests  mocking  him, 
with  the  scribes  and  elders,  said.  He  saved  others  ;  him- 
self he  cannot  save.  If  he  be  King  of  Israel,  let  him  now 
come  down  from  the  cross.    Matt,  xxvii.  41,  42. 


60  MANUAL    OF    DEVOTiOK. 

0  Lord  our  God  and  Father  in  Christ,  thou  art  a  Goa 
full  of  compassion,  and  gracious,  long-suffering  and  plen- 
teous in  mercy,  forgiving  iniquity,  transgression  and  sin. 
We  adore  thee  for  the  displays  of  thy  perfection  in  crea- 
tion and  providence,  but  especially  for  the  manifestations 
of  thy  mercy  and  grace  in  devising  a  plan  for  the  redemp- 
tion of  a  lost  and  ruined  world.  We  bless  thee  for  the 
unspeakable  gift  of  thy  Son  our  Saviour  whom  thou  didst 
freely  deliver  for  us  all,  to  suffering  and  ignominy,  and 
the  death  of  the  cross,  that  we  through  his  death  might 
obtain  salvation  and  eternal  life  in  Heaven. 

Blessed  Jesus,  Son  of  the  Father,  thou  wast  delivered 
for  our  offences,  thou  wast  wounded  for  our  transgres- 
sions, thou  wast  bruised  for  our  iniquities,  the  chastise- 
ment of  our  peace  was  upon  thee,  and  by  thy  stripes  we 
are  healed.  AH  praise,  glory  and  honor  be  unto  thee,  for 
thy  infinite  condescension  and  love  towards  a  world  of 
sinners.  There  were  no  sufferings  like  thy  sufferings,  no 
sorrows  like  thy  sorrows.  0,  by  all  the  love  thou  bearest 
us,  by  the  sorrows  thou  hast  suffered,  and  the  blood  thou 
hast  shed,  have  pity  upon  us,  0  infinite  mercy,  and  pene- 
trate our  hearts  with  that  repentance  which  is  unto  sal- 
vation. 

Holy  Spii-it  of  Grace,  impress  our  hearts  and  minds 
with  a  lively  recollection  of  our  Redeemer's  passion  ;  and 
beholding  him  bound  as  a  malefactor,  blasphemed  as  a 
deceiver,  mangled  with  the  scourge,  pierced  with  the  thorn, 
fainting  under  his  cross,  forsaken  of  the  Father,  and  ex- 
piring in  his  agony,  may  we  live  worthy  of  the  name  of 
Christians,  redeemed  by  the  sacred  blood  and  passion  of 
the  Son  of  God. 

Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy  name : 
thy  kingdom  come :  thy  will  be  done  in  earth  as  it  is  in 
heaven  :  give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread :  and  forgive  ua 
our  trespasses  as  we  forgive  them  that  trespass,  &c. 


DEATH   AND   BURIAL   OF  CHRIST. 


iJi'rst  SatutUaw  fir  tl)e  fEontlj.     Hbcnlnfl. 

HYMN    24.        c.  H.  HYMN    25.        c.  M. 

Collistsr.  Doddridge. 

FROM  whence  these  direful  omens  ronnJ,  ALAS!  and  did  my  Saviour  bleed? 

Which  heaven  and  earth  amaze?  An!  did  my  Sov'reign  die? 

And  wrhy  do  earthquakes  cleave  the  ground  7  Wotlld  he  devote  that  sacred  head 

Why  hides  the  sun  his  rays?  For  such  a  wform  as  I? 

Well  may  the  earth,  astonish'd  shake,  Was  it  for  crimes  that  I  have  done. 

And  nature  sympaihize,—  He  groanM  upon  the  tree  ? 

The  sun,  as  darkest  night,  be  black;  Amazing  pity  J  grace  unknown  I 

Tlieir  Maker,  Jesus,  dies?  And  love  beyond  degree! 

Behold,  fast-streaming  from  the  tree.  Well  raiglit  the  sun  iji  darkness  hide, 

His  all-atonjng  blood  }  And  shut  hlj  glories  in, 

Is  this  the  Infinite?  'tis  he, —  Wlien  Ciirist,  llie  mighty  Maker  died, 

My  Saviour  and  my  God.  For  man,  the  creature's  sin. 

For  me  these  pangs  his  soul  Jissail ;  This  might  I  hide  my  blushing  face 

For  me  this  death  is  borne ;  While  his  dear  cross  appears ; 

My  sins  gave  sharpness  to  the  nail,  Dissolve  my  heart  in  thaiifefuliiese, 

And  pointed  every  thorn.  And  melt  mine  eyes  to  tears. 

Teacher.  Now,  from  the  sixth  hour  there  was  dark- 
ness over  all  the  land  unto  the  nmth  hour.  Matt,  xxvii. 
45. 

Scholars.  And  about  the  ninth  hour  Jesus  cried  with 
a  loud  voice,  saying,  Eli,  Eli,  lama  sabacthani.'  that  is  to 
say,  Aly  God,  my  God,  why  hast  thou  forsaken  me? 
Some  of  them  that  stood  there,  when  they  heard  that, 
said.  This  man  calleth  for  Elias.     Matt,  xxvii.  46,  47. 

Teach.  And  straightway  one  of  them  ran,  and  took  a 
sponge,  and  filled  it  with  vinegar,  and  put  it  on  a  reed, 
and  gave  him  to  drink.  The  rest  said,  Let  be,  let  us  see 
whether  Elias  will  come  to  save  him.  Matt,  xxvii.  47,49. 

ScHOL.  Jesus,  when  he  had  cried  again  with  a  loud 
voice,  yielded  up  the  ghost.     Matt,  xxvii.  50. 

Teach.     And  behold,  the  veil  of  the  temple  was  rent 
in  twain,  from  the  top  to  the  bottom  :  and  the  earth  did 
quake,  and  the  rocks  rent.     Matt,  xxvii.  51* 
6  61 


62  MANUAL    OF   DEVOTION. 

ScHOL.  And  the  graves  were  opened,  and  many 
bodies  of  the  samts  which  slept,  arose,  and  came  out  of 
the  graves  after  his  resurrection,  and  went  into  the  holy 
city,  and  appeared  unto  many.     Matt,  xxvii.  52,  53. 

Teach.  Now,  when  the  centurion,  and  they  that  were 
with  him,  watching  Jesus,  saw  the  earthquake,  and  those 
things  that  were  done,  they  feared  greatly,  saying. 
Truly,  this  was  the  Son  of  God.     Matt,  xxvii.  54. 

ScHOL.  And  many  women  were  there  (beholding  afar 
off)  which  followed  Jesus  from  Galilee,  ministering  unto 
him.     Matt,  xxvii.  55. 

Teach.  Among  which  was  Mary  Magdalene,  and 
Mary  the  mother  of  James  and  Jovses,  and  the  mother  of 
Zebedee's  children.     Matt,  xxvii.  56. 

ScHOL.  When  the  even  was  come,  there  came  a  rich 
man  of  Arimathea,  named  Joseph,  who  also  himself  was 
Jesus'  disciple.     Matt,  xxvii.  57. 

Teach,  He  went  to  Pilate  and  begged  the  body  of 
Jesus.  Then  Pilate  commanded  the  body  to  be  delivei"ed. 
Matt,  xxvii.  58. 

ScHOL.  And  when  Joseph  had  taken  the  body,  he 
wrapped  it  in  a  clean  linen  cloth.     Matt,  xxvii.  59, 

Teach.  And  laid  it  in  his  own  new  tomb,  which  he 
had  hewn  out  in  the  rock  ;  and  he  rolled  a  great  stone  to 
the  door  of  the  sepulchre,  and  departed.  Matt,  xxvii.  CO. 

ScHOi,.  And  there  was  Mary  Magdalene,  and  the 
other  Mary,  sitting  over  against  the  sepulchre.  Matt, 
xxvii.  61. 

Teach.  And  the  women  also,  which  came  with  him 
from  Galilee,  followed  after,  and  beheld  the  sepulchre, 
and  how  his  body  was  laid,    Luke  xxiii.  55. 

ScHOL.  And  they  returned,  and  prepared  spices  and 
ointments  ;  and  rested  the  sabbath  day.    Luke  xxiii.  56. 

Teach.  And  when  the  sabbath  was  past,  Mary  Mag- 
dalene, and  Mary  the  mother  of  James,  and  Saloame, 
had  bought  sweet  spices,  that  they  might  come  and 
anoint  him.    Mark  xvi.  1. 


FIRST    SATURDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  63 

^3  rawer. 

Almighty  and  most  merciful  God  and  Father,  we  adore 
the  riches  of  thy  grace,  that  while  we  were  sinners,  ex- 
posed to  eternal  death,  thou  didst  so  love  the  world  as  to 
send  thine  only-begotten  Son,  to  make  reconciliation  for 
iniquity  by  the  sacrifice  of  himself,  and  bring  in  everlast- 
ing righteousness,  who  through  death  should  destroy  liim 
tliat  had  the  power  of  death,  that  is  the  devil,  and  deliver 
them  who  through  fear  of  death,  were  all  their  hfe-time 
in  bondage. 

All  praise  and  honor  and  glory  be  unto  our  Immanuel, 
for  his  infinite  pity  and  condescension,  who  being  in  the 
form  of  God,  was  made  in  the  likeness  of  men,  and  being 
found  in  fashion  as  a  man,  humbled  himself  and  became 
obedient  unto  death,  even  the  death  of  the  cross,  that  we 
through  his  death  and  sufferings  might  attain  unto  eternal 
life  and  blessedness  in  heaven. 

Blessed  Jesus,  Son  of  the  living  God,  fix  in  our  hearts, 
we  beseech  thee,  a  devout  and  continual  remembrance  of 
thy  precious  death  and  passion  ;  give  us  to  see  in  thy  suf- 
ferings the  infinite  demerit  of  sin  which  was  the  cause  of 
them  ;  excite  within  our  breasts  a  penitent  sense  of  sin  ; 
by  thy  precious  blood  cleanse  us  from  all  its  pollutions  ; 
and  impart  unto  us  thy  grace,  that  we  may  forsake  all 
evil  ways  ;  that  we  may  walk  in  thy  footsteps,  imitate  thy 
example,  and  love  thee  with  an  undivided  love  upon  earth, 
that  we  may  be  made  partakers  of  thy  glory  in  heaven. 

We  thank  thee,  0  Lord,  for  the  mercies  and  blessings 
•of  this  day  and  of  the  w^eek  now  drawing  to  a  close  ;  and 
we  would  implore  thy  protection  during  the  night.  By 
thy  power  and  might  defend  us  from  evil,  grant  us  sleep 
to  refresh  our  bodies,  and  strength  to  woi-ship  thee  in  thy 
temple  on  thine  own  day ;  and  through  the  merits  and 
mercy  of  the  Redeemer  save  us.     Amen ! 

Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy  name : 
thy  kingdom  come  :  thy  will  be  done  in  eai-th,  &c. 


RESUKRECTION   OF  CHRIST. 


Scconti  Suntiai)  iii  tjjc  |^ontl>    fttovnins. 


HYMN    26, 


L.  M. 


Dresden. 
HE  dies!  the  Friend  of  sinners  dies! 

Lo !  Salem's  daughters  weep  around  ; 
A  Boiemn  darkness  veils  the  skieo, 

A  £odJeii  trembling  sliakes  the  ground ; 

Come,  saints,  and  drop  a  tear  or  two 

For  him  who  groan'd  beneath  your  load; 

He  shed  a  thousand  drops  for  you, — 
A  lliousand  drops  of  richer  blood. 

Here's  love  and  grief  beyond  degree ; 

The  Lord  of  glory  dies  for  man ! 
But  loi  what  sudden  joys  we  see: 

Jesus,  the  dead,  revives  again. 

The  rising  God  forsakes  the  tomb  ; 

(In  vain  the  tomb  forbids  his  rise;) 
Cherubic  legions  guard  him  home. 

And  shout  liim  wekome  to  the  skies. 


HYMN    27.        B.  M. 

Teleman. 
THE  Lord  is  risen  indeed  ; 

The  grave  hi»s  lost  its  prey ; 
With  him  shall  rise  the  raiisom'd  seed, 

To  reign  in  endless  d;>y. 

The  Lord  is  risen  indeed  ; 

He  lives  to  die  no  more  ; 
He  lives,  his  people's  cause  lo  plead. 

Whose  curse  and  shame  l»e  bore. 

Tlie  Lord  is  risen  indeed ; 

Attending  angtls  liear; 
Up  to  the  courts  of  heaven,  wiLli  speed, 

The  joyful  tidings  bear:— 

Then  take  your  golden  lyres, 
And  strike  each  cheerful  chord  ; 

Join,  all  ye  bright  celestial  choirs, 
To  sing  our  risen  Lord. 


Teacher.  I  delivered  unto  yovx  first  of  all,  that  which 
I  also  received,  how  that  Christ  died  for  our  sins  accord- 
ing to  the  scriptures  ;  and  that  he  was  buried,  and  that 
he  arose  a^ain  the  third  day,  according  to  the  scriptures. 
1  Cor.  XV.  3,  4. 

Scholars.  In  the  end  of  the  Sabbath,  as  it  began  to 
dawn  toward  the  first  day  of  the  week,  came  Mary  Mag- 
dalene, and  the  other  Mary  to  see  the  sepulchre.  Matt, 
xxviii.  1. 

Teach.  They  had  brought  sweet  spices,  that  they 
might  come  and  anoint  him  ;  and  very  early  in  the  morn- 
ing they  came  unto  tlie  sepulchre  at  the  rising  of  the  sun. 
Matt.  xvi.  1,  2. 

ScHOL.     And  they  said  among  themselves.  Who  shall 
roll  us  away  the  stone  from  the   door  of  the  sepulchre? 
(and   when   they  looked  they  saw  that  the   stone  was 
rolled  away,)  for  it  was  very  great.     Mark  xvi.  3,  4. 
64 


SECOND    SUNDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  65 

Teach.  And  entering  into  the  sepulchre  they  saw  a 
young  man  sitting  on  the  right  side,  clothed  in  a  long 
white  garment;  and  they  were  affrighted.     Mark  xvi.  5. 

ScHOL.  And  he  saith  unto  them,  be  not  affrighted, 
ye  .seek  Jesus  of  Neizareth,  which  was  crucified  ;  he  is 
risen  ;  he  is  not  here  :  behold  the  place  where  they  laid 
him.     Mark  xvi.  6. 

Teach.  But  go  your  way,  tell  his  disciples  and  Peter, 
that  he  goeth  before  you  into  Galilee  ;  there  ye  shall  see 
him,  as  he  said  unto  you.     Mark  xvi.  7. 

ScHOL.  And  they  went  out  quickly,  and  fled  from  the 
sepulchre  ;  for  they  trembled,  and  were  amazed;  neither 
said  they  any  thing  to  any  man  ;  for  they  were  afraid. 
Mark  xvi.  8. 

Teach.  And  as  they  wont  to  tell  his  disciples,  behold, 
Jesus  met  them  saying.  All  hail.     Matt,  xxviii.  9. 

ScHOL.  Then  said  Jesus  unto  them,  Be  not  afraid  ;  go 
tell  my  brethren  that  they  go  into  Galilee,  and  there  shall 
they  see  me.     Matt,  xxviii.  10. 

Teach.  Now  when  Jesus  was  risen  early,  the  first 
day  of  the  week,  he  appeared  first  to  Mary  Magdal-ene. 
Mark  xvi.  9. 

ScHOL.  After  that  he  appeared  in  another  form  unto 
two  of  them,  as  they  walked  and  went  into  the  country. 
Mark  xvi.  12. 

Teach.  Afterwards  he  appeared  unto  the  eleven,  as 
they  sat  at  meat,  and  upbraided  them  with  their  unbelief 
and  hardness  of  heart,  because  they  believed  not  them 
which  had  seen  him  after  he  was  risen.    Mark  xvi.  14. 

ScHOL.  Christ  being  risen  from  the  dead,  dieth  no 
more  ;  death  hath  no  more  dominion  over  him.  For  in 
that  he  died,  he  died  unto  sin  once :  but  in  that  he  liveth, 
he  liveth  unto  God.     Rom.  vi.  9,  10. 

Teach.  Likewise  reckon  ye  also  yourselves  to  be 
dead  indeed  unto  sin,  but  alive  unto  God  through  Jesus 
Christ  our  Lord.  Let  not  sin  therefore  reign  in  your 
mortal  body,  that  ye  should  obey  it  in  the  lusts  thereof. 
Rom.  vi.  11,  12.  6* 


66  MAXUAI.    OF    DEVOTION. 

Almighty  and  eternal  Father,  thou  art  a  God  of  infinite 
benevolence  and  compassion.  We  bless  thee  for  our  crea- 
tion, for  the  purpose  of  salvation  in  Christ  Jesus  before 
the  foundation  of  the  world,  for  the  enjoyments  of  the 
evei-lasting  covenant,  and  for  the  gift  of  thy  dear  Son  our 
Saviour,  who  in  the  fulness  of  time  was  delivered  for  our 
offences,  and  was  raised  for  our  justification,  and  triumph- 
ing over  death  and  the  grave,  ascended  up  on  high,  leading 
captivity  captive. 

Grant,  0  Lord,  that  Avhile  we  see  in  his  resurrection  a 
pledge  that  because  he  lives  we  shall  live  also,  after  our 
bed  of  corruption  and  our  sleep  in  dust,  we  may  feel  the 
present  power  of  his  resurrection  in  sanctifying  our  heai-ts, 
in  enabling  us  to  walk  in  newness  of  life,  in  confirming 
our  faith  and  enlivening  our  hope,  till  we  can  exclaim, 
Blessed  be  the  God  and  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
who,  according  to  his  abundant  mercy,  hath  begotten  us 
again  unto  a  lively  hope,  by  the  resurrection  of  Jesus 
Christ  from  the  dead,  to  an  inheritance  incorruptible,  un- 
defiled,  and  that  fadeth  not  away  reserved  in  heaven  for  us. 

Holy  and  ever  blessed  Redeemer,  who  for  our  sakes 
didst  resign  the  glories  of  immortality,  for  the  pains  and 
labors  of  earth,  and  after  a  life  of  sorrow  and  suffering 
didst  die  an  ignominious  death,  and  pass  from  the  bitter- 
ness of  death  to  the  darkness  of  the  grave,  and  by  thine 
infinite  power  rise  again  from  the  dead  ;  we  acknowledge 
thee  our  Lord  and  our  God,  we  adore  thy  majesty,  we 
bless  thy  boundless  love,  we  implore  thine  infinite  mercy 
and  grace ;  raise  our  souls,  we  beseech  thee,  from  the 
death  of  sin  to  a  life  of  righteousness,  that  we  at  last  may 
be  partakers  of  thy  glorious  resurrection,  and  live  with 
thee  in  heaven. 

Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy  name : 
thy  kingdom  come:  thy  will  be  done  in  earth  as  it  is  in 
heaven:  give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread:  &c. 


LORD'S   SUPPER. 


Scconti  SuntJao  m  tl)e  jf^ontJ).     32'otnmQ. 

HYMN     28.         CM.  HYMN     29.        s.  M. 

Warwick.  Cranbrook. 

THAT  doleful  niflit  before  his  death,  GLORY  to  God  on  high, 

The  Lamb,  for  sinners  slaia,  Our  peace  is  made  with  Heaven; 

Dil,  almoBi  with  liis  dying  breath.  The  Son  of  God  came  down  to  die, 

This  solemn  feast  proclaim.  That  we  might  be  forgiven. 

To  keep  the  feast,  Lord,  we  have  met,  His  precious  blood  was  shed. 

And  to  remember  thee:  His  body  bruised  for  sin: 

Help  each  poor  ireinbier  to  repeat,—  Remember  this  in  eating  bread. 

For  ine  lie  died,  for  laeJ  And  this  in  drinking  wine. 

Thy  sudr 'rings.  Lord,  each  sacred  sign  Approach  his  royal  board. 

To  our  remembrance  brings;  In  his  rich  garments  clad  ; 

We  eat  the  bread,  and  drink  the  wine,  Join  every  tongue  to  praise  the  Lord, 

But  think  on  nobler  things.  And  every  heart  be  glad. 

O  tune  our  tongues,  and  set  in  frame  The  Father  gives  the  Son  ; 

Each  heart  that  panis  for  tliee.  The  Son,  his  flesh  and  blood: 

To  sing— Hosatma  to  the  Lamb,  The  Spirit  seals  ;  and  faith  puts  on 

The  Lamb  tlial  died  for  me  1  The  righteousness  of  God. 

Teacher.  I  have  received  of  the  Lord,  that  which 
also  I  delivered  unto  you,  that  the  Lord  Jesus,  the  same 
night  in  which  he  was  betrayed,  took  bread.  1  Cor.  xi. 
23. 

Scholars.  And  when  he  had  given  thanks,  he  brake 
it,  and  said.  Take,  eat ;  this  is  my  body,  which  is  bro- 
ken for  you  :  this  do  in  remembrance  of  me.  1  Cor.  xi. 
24. 

Teach.  After  the  same  manner  also,  he  took  the  cup, 
when  he  had  supped,  saying.  This  cup  is  the  new  testa- 
ment in  my  blood  ;  this  do  ye,  as  oft  as  ye  drink  it,  in 
remembrance  of  me.     1  Cor.  xi.  25. 

ScHOL.  For  as  often  as  ye  eat  this  bread,  and  drink 
this  cup,  ye  do  show  the  Lord's  death  till  he  come.  1 
Cor.  xi.  26. 

Teach.  And  they  continued  steadfastly  in  the  apos- 
67 


68  MAmJAL    OF    DEVOTTON. 

ties'  doctrine  and  fellowship,  and  in  breaking  of  bread, 
and  in  prayers.     Acts  ii.  42. 

ScHOL.  And  they  continued  daily  with  one  accord  in 
the  temple,  and  breaking  bread  from  house  to  house,  did 
eat  their  meat  with  gladness  and  singleness  of  heart, 
praising  God,  and  having  favor  with  all  the  people.  And 
the  Lord  added  to  the  church  daily  such  as  should  be 
saved.     Acts  ii.  46,  47. 

Teach.  Purge  out  therefore  the  old  leaven,  tliat  ye 
may  be  a  new  lump,  as  ye  are  unleavened.  For  even 
Christ  our  passover  is  sacrificed  for  us.     1  Cor.  v.  7. 

ScHOL.  Let  us  keep  the  feast,  not  with  old  leaven, 
neither  with  the  leaven  of  malice  and  wickedness  ;  but 
with  the  unleavened  bread  of  sincerity  and  truth.  1  Cor. 
v.  8. 

Teach.  Our  fathers  did  all  eat  the  same  spiritual 
meat,  and  did  drink  the  same  spiritvial  drink  ;  (for  they 
drank  of  that  spiritual  Rock  that  followed  them  :  and 
that  Rock  was  Christ.)     1  Cor.  x.  3,  4. 

ScHOL.  The  cup  of  blessing  which  we  bless,  is  it  not 
the  communion  of  the  blood  of  Christ  ?  The  bread  which 
we  break,  is  it  not  the  communion  of  the  body  of  Christ  ? 
1  Cor.  X.  16. 

Teach.  For  we,  being  many,  are  one  bread,  and  one 
body  :  for  we  are  all  partakers  of  that  one  bread.  1  Cor. 
X.  17. 

ScHOL.  Ye  cannot  drink  the  cup  of  the  Lord,  and  the 
cup  of  devils  :  ye  cannot  be  partakers  of  the  Lord's 
table,  and  of  the  table  of  devils.     1  Cor.  x.  21. 

Teach.  Whosoever  shall  eat  this  bread,  and  drink 
this  cup  of  the  Lord,  unworthily,  shall  be  guilty  of  the 
body  and  blood  of  the  Lord.  Let  a  man  examine  him- 
self, and  so  let  him  eat  of  that  bread,  and  drink  of  that 
cup.     1  Cor.  xi.  27,  28. 

ScHOL.  For  he  that  eateth  and  drinketh  unworthily, 
eateth  and  drinketh  damnation  to  himself,  not  discerning 
the  Lord 's  body.     1  Cor.  xi.  29. 


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5.3  r  a  2  e  r . 

Almighty  and  everlasting  God,  our  heavenly  Father, 
we  laud  and  magnify  thy  glorious  name,  that  of  thine  in- 
finite mercy  thou  didst  give  thine  only  Son  Jesus  Christ 
for  our  redemption,  who  upon  the  altar  of  the  cross  made 
a  full,  perfect,  and  sufficient  sacrifice,  oblation,  and  satis- 
faction for  the  sins  of  the  whole  world. 

Adorable  and  most  blessed  Saviour  and  Redeemer,  we 
glorify  thee  for  thy  matchless  benevolence,  that  when 
about  to  be  wounded  for  our  transgressions,  and  bruised 
for  our  iniquities,  with  thy  humiliation  and  death  in  view 
— the  mockery  of  the  judgment  seat  of  Herod,  the  crown 
of  thorns,  the  red  and  purple  robe,  and  the  cross  with  all 
its  circumstances  of  awfulness  and  agony,  even  in  that 
hour,  thou  didst  forget  thine  own  suff'erings  in  the  benevo- 
lent wish  to  comfort  thy  sorrowing  disciples  and  all  thy 
future  followei's,  and  didst  institute  in  the  breaking  of 
bread  and  the  drinking  of  wine,  a  perpetual  memorial  of 
thy  precious  dealh  and  passion. 

Holy  Spirit  of  Grace,  breathe  upon  our  hearts  in  this 
ordinance,  and  grant  unto  us  repentance  and  remission  of 
sins,  faith,  love  and  new  obedience,  that  the  supper  of  our 
dying  Lord  may  ever  be  to  the  eye  of  faith  a  pledge  of  the 
covenant  of  mercy  in  the  blood  of  Christ ;  that  it  may  be 
our  Passover  of  exemption  from  the  dominion  of  sin  and 
the  wrath  of  the  destroying  angel ;  our  Sacrament  of  alle- 
giance to  Immanuel  our  King ;  a  feast  of  marrow  and  fat 
things  and  of  wines  on  the  lees,  a  feast  in  which  he  shall 
sup  with  us,  and  we  with  him  ;  and  a  season  of  precious 
communion  with  the  Father,  and  the  Son,  and  the  Holy 
Ghost. 

"We  thank  thee,  our  Father  and  God,  that  we  have  been 
permitted,  this  day,  to  tread  the  courts  of  thine  earthly 
sanctuary,  and  to  read,  and  Usten  to  the  word  of  life  ;  blesa 
to  us  the  services  in  which  we  have  been  engaged,  and 
bring  us  to  spend  an  endless  Sabbath  with  thee  in  heaven. 


CHRIST  AS  REDEEMER. 


Secontr  IHontrai)   iii  tije   £ttontl).    <;^orntn!i. 


H  Y  M  N    30  .        CM. 

Franklin. 
Pr.UNGED  in  a  gulf  of  dark  ilespair, 

We  wretched  sinners  lay, 
Without  one  cheering  beam  of  hope, 

Or  sparli  of  glimm'ring  day. 

With  pitying  eyes  the  Prince  of  peace 

Beheld  our  iidlpless  grief: 
He  saw,  and  (O  amazing  love !) 

He  flew  to  our  relief. 

Down  from  tlie  phining  seats  above. 

With  joyful  haste  he  fled  ; 
Entei'd  the  grave  in  mOTtal  flesli, 

And  dwelt  among  the  dead. 

O  for  this  love  let  rocks  and  hilts 
Their  IzKiing  silence  break; 

And  all  harmonious  human  tongues, 
The  Saviour's  praises  speak. 


HYMN    31 .         s.  M. 

Hoffman. 
OUR  sins  on  Clirist  were  laid ; 

He  bore  the  mighty  load; 
Our  ransom-price  he  ftilly  paid 

In  gruaiu  and  tears  and  blood. 

To  save  a  woi-kl  he  dies ; 

Simiers  behold  tlie  Lamb  ! 
To  him  lift  up  yoiu-  longing  eyes; 

Seek  mercy  in  his  nam?. 

Pardon  and  peace  abound ; 

He  will  your  sins  forgive  i 
Salvation  in  his.  name  is  found, — 

He  bids  the  sinner  live. 

Jesus,  we  look  to  thee  :— 
Where  else  Ci\n  sinners  go  ? 

Thy  boundless  love  shall  set  us  free 
From  wretchetiness  and  ws. 


Teacher.  The  Redeemer  shall  come  to  Zion,  and 
unto  them  that  turn  from  transgression  in  Jacob,  saith 
the  Lord.     Isa.  lix.  20. 

Scholars.  This  is  a  faithful  saying,  and  worthy  of 
all  acceptation,  that  Christ  Jesus  came  into  the  world  to 
save  sinners.     1  Tim.  i.  15. 

Teach.  When  we  were  enemies  we  were  reconciled 
to  God  by  the  death  of  his  Son.     Rom.  v.  10. 

ScHOL.  Who  gave  himself  for  our  sins,  that  he  might 
deliver  us  from  this  present  evil  world.     Gal.  i.  4 

Teach.  It  pleased  the  Father,  that  in  him  should  all 
fulness  dwell,  and  having  made  peace  through  the  blood 
of  his  cross,  by  him  to  reconcile  all  things  to  himself. 
Colos.  i.  19. 

ScHOL.  When  the  fulness  of  time  had  come,  God 
sent  forth  his  Son,  made  of  a  woman,  made  under  the 
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law,  to  redeem  them  that  were  under  the  law,  that  "we 
might  receive  the  adoption  of  Sons.     Galat.  iv.  4. 

Teach.  He  gave  himself  for  us,  that  he  might  re- 
deem us  from  all  iniquity,  and  purify  unto  himself  a  pe- 
culiar people,  zealous  of  good  works.     Tit.  ii.  14. 

ScHOL,  We  are  justified  freely,  by  his  grace,  through 
the  redemption  that  is  in  Jesus  Christ.     Rom.  iii.  24. 

Teach.  But  of  him  are  ye  in  Christ  Jesus,  who  of 
God  is  made  unto  us  wisdom,  and  righteousness,  and 
sanctification  and  redemption.     1  Cor.  i.  30. 

ScHOL,  He  was  wounded  for  our  transgressions,  he 
was  bruised  for  our  iniquities,  the  chastisement  of  our 
peace  was  upon  him,  and  with  his  stripes  are  we  healed. 
Isa.  liii.  6. 

Teach.  Forasmuch  as  ye  know  that  ye  were  not  re- 
deemed with  corruptible  things,  as  silver  and  gold,  from 
your  vain  conversation  received  by  tradition  from  your 
fathers  ;  but  with  the  precious  blood  of  Christ,  as  of  a 
lamb  without  blemish  and  without  spot.    1  Pet.  i.  18,  19. 

ScHOL.  By  his  own  blood  he  entered  in  once  into  the 
holy  place,  having  obtained  eternal  redemption  for  us. 
Heb.  ix.  12. 

Teach.  Christ  hath  redeemed  us  from  the  curse  of 
the  law,  being  made  a  curse  for  us  :  for  it  is  written, 
Cursed  is  every  one  that  hangeth  on  a  tree.  That  the 
blessing  of  Abraham  might  come  on  the  Gentiles  through 
Jesus  Christ  :  that  we  might  receive  the  promise  of  the 
Spirit  through  faith.     Gal.  iii.  13,  14. 

ScHOL.  Thou  art  worthy  :  for  thou  wast  slain,  and 
hast  redeemed  us  to  God  by  thy  blood,  out  of  every 
kindred  and  tongue,  and  people  and  nation.     Rev.  v.  9. 

Teach.  Grace  be  to  you,  and  peace  from  God  the  Fa- 
ther, and  from  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.    Galat.  i.  3. 

ScHOL.  Who  gave  himself  for  our  sins,  that  he  might 
deliver  us  from  this  present  evil  world,  according  to  the 
will  of  God  and  of  our  Father  :  to  whom  be  glory  for 
ever  and  ever.     Amen.     GralaU  i.  4,  5, 


72  MANUAL    OF    imVOTtOK. 

God,  the  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost,  three  persons 
and  one  God — thou  art  the  God  of  our  redemption.  We 
adore  the  wisdom  which  devised  the  plan  of  our  salva- 
tion, the  love  which  accomplished  its  execution,  and  the 
grace  which  applies  its  benefits.  Aliens  from  God,  slaves 
to  sin,  and  under  the  curse  of  a  broken  law — thousands 
of  silver  and  gold  could  not  ransom  us,  nor  the  cattle 
upon  a  thousand  hills  atone  for  our  guilt ;  yet,  glory  be  to 
the  name  of  God,  thou  didst  pity  our  race  in  its  lost  es- 
tate, and  say,  "Deliver  from  going  to  the  pit,  for  I  have 
found  a  i-ansom  ;"  and  didst  send  thy  Son  who  bore  our 
sins  in  his  own  body  upon  the  ti-ee,  and  having  put  away 
sin  by  the  sacrifice  of  himself,  hath  obtained  eternal  re- 
demption for  us.  Blessed  be  the  God  and  Father  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  who  hath  blessed  us  with  all  spiritual 
blessings  in  heavenly  places  in  Christ;  in  whom  we  have 
redemption  thz-ough  his  blood,  the  forgiveness  of  sins  ac* 
cox'dmg  to  the  riches  of  his  grace,  wherein  he  hath  abound- 
ed towards  us  in  all  wisdon;\  and  prudence. 

Blessed  Jesus,  Redeemer  of  the  world,  have  mercy  upon 
us,  miserable  sinners!  Lamb  of  God,  who  takest  away 
the  sins  of  the  world,  purify  our  hearts  from  the  defile- 
ment of  sin ;  sprinkle  us  with  hyssop  and  we  shall  be 
clean  ;  wash  thou  us  and  we  shall  be  whiter  than  snow. 
Impart  thyself  to  us  in  all  thy  sacred  influences  and  bless- 
ings, and  be  to  us  wisdom,  and  righteousness,  and  sanc- 
tification,  and  complete  redemption.  May  we  ever  be  of 
the  number  of  thy  faithful  followers  upon  earth,  and  when 
our  pilgrimage  is  ended,  may  we  join  that  innumerable 
company  which  no  man  can  number  and  unite  in  the  song, 
"Worthy  is  the  Lamb,  for  thou  wast  slain  and  hast  re- 
deemed us  to  God  out  of  every  kindred,  and  tongue,  and 
people,  and  nation,  and  hast  made  us  unto  our  God,  kings 
and  priests."  Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed 
De  thy  name:  thy  kingdom  come:  thy  Avill  be  done,  &c. 


CHKIST  AS  SAYIOUE, 


ScconH  ^ontiaD  in  ti}z  ^onil).     lEbeninfl. 


HYMN    32.        s.  M. 
T?taU:her. 

JESUS,  thou  source  divine, 
Whence  hope  and  comfort  flow,— 

Jesus,  no  other  uame  than  thiue 
Can  save  from  endless  wo. 

None  else  will  heaven  approve : 

Thou  art  the  only  way, 
Ordaiii'd  by  everlasting  love, 

To  realms  of  endless  day. 

Here  let  our  feet  abide. 

Nor  from  thy  path  depart  : 
Direct  our  steps,  thou  gracious  Gmide  1 

And  cheer  the  fainting  heart- 
Safe  through  this  world  of  night. 

Lead  to  the  blissful  plains, — 
The  regions  of  unclouded  light, — 

Where  joy  forever  reigns. 


H  Y  M  N    33.        L.  M. 

Clinton. 

JESUS,  and  shall  it  ever  be, 
A  mortal  man  ashamed  of  thee  ? 
Ashamed  of  thee,  whom  angels  praise,— 
Whose  glories  shine  tlirough  endless  days. 

Ashamed  of  Jesus  !— that  dear  Friend 
On  whom  my  hopes  of  heaven  depend  ; 
No  !— when  I  blush,  be  this  my  shame,— 
That  I  no  more  revere  his  Name. 

Asliamed  of  Jesus!— yes  I  may. 
When  I've  no  guilt  to  wasli  away ; 
No  tear  to  wipe,  no  good  to  crave, 
No  fears  to  quell,  no  soul  to  save. 

Till  then— nor  is  my  boasting  vain— 
Till  then  I  boast  a  Saviour  slain ; 
And,  O  may  this  my  glory  be, — 
That  Christ  is  not  ashamed  of  me. 


Teacher.  The  Father  sent  the  Son  to  be  the  Saviour 
of  the  world.     1  John  iv.  14. 

Scholars.  For  the  Son  of  man  is  come  to  save  that 
which  is  lost.     Luke  xviii,  11. 

Teach.  This  is  a  faithful  saying,  and  worthy  of  all 
acceptation,  that  Christ  Jesus  came  into  the  world  to  save 
sinners.     1  Tim.  i.  15. 

ScHOL.  Our  Saviour,  Jesus  Christ,  hath  abolished 
death,  and  brought  life  and  immortality  to  light.  2  Tim. 
i.  10. 

Teach.  Wherefore  he  is  able  also  to  save  them  to  the 
uttermost  that  come  unto  God  by  him,  seeing  he  ever 
liveth  to  make  intercession  for  them.     Heb.  vii.  25. 

ScHOL.  For  if,  when  we  were  enemies,  we  were  re- 
conciled to  God  by  the  death  of  his  Son  ;  much  more, 
7  73 


74  MANUAL     OF     DEVOTION. 

being  reconciled,  we  shall  be  saved  by  his  life.  Rom.  v 
10. 

Teach.  Fear  not,  for  behold,  I  bring  you  good  tidings 
of  great  joy,  which  shall  be  to  all  people.  For  unto  you 
is  born  this  day,  in  the  city  of  David,  a  Saviour,  which 
is  Christ  the  Lord.     Luke  ii.  10,  11. 

ScHOL.  Him  hath  God  exalted  with  his  right  hand  to 
be  a  Prince  and  a  Saviour,  to  give  repentance  to  Israel, 
and  forgiveness  of  sins.     Acts  v.  31. 

Teach.  Of  this  man's  seed  hath  God,  according  to 
his  promise,  raised  unto  Israel  a  Saviour,  Jesus.  Acts 
xiii.  23. 

ScHOL.  Thou  shalt  call  his  name  Jesus,  for  he  shall 
save  his  people  from  their  sins.     Matt.  i.  21. 

Teach.  He  will  swallow  up  death  in  victory ;  and 
the  Lord  God  will  wipe  away  tears  from  off  all  faces  ;  and 
the  rebuke  of  his  people  shall  he  take  away  from  off  all 
the  earth.     Isa.  xxv.  8. 

ScHOL.  And  it  shall  be  said  in  that  day,  Lo,  this  is 
our  God  ;  we  have  waited  for  him,  and  he  will  save  us  : 
this  is  the  Lord  ;  we  have  waited  for  him,  we  will  be 
glad  and  rejoice  in  his  salvation.     Isa.  xxv.  9. 

Teach.  The  Son  of  man  is  not  come  to  destroy  men's 
lives,  but  to  save  them.     Luke  ix.  56. 

ScHOL.  And  if  any  man  hear  my  words,  and  believe 
not,  I  judge  him  not :  for  I  came  not  to  judge  the  world, 
but  to  save  the  world.     John  xii.  47. 

Teach.  We  believe  that  through  the  grace  of  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ  we  shall  be  saved.     Acts  xv.  11. 

ScHOL.  Our  conversation  is  in  heaven,  from  whence 
we  look  for  the  Saviour,  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Phile. 
iii.  20. 

Teach.  Grace,  mercy,  and  peace  from  God  the  Fa- 
ther, and  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  our  Saviour.    Tit.  i.  4. 

ScHOL.  To  the  only  wise  God,  our  Saviour,  be  glory 
and  majesty,  dominion  and  power,  both  now  and  ever. 
Amen  !    Jude  i,  25. 


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Our  Father  and  God,  we  adore  thee  for  thy  benevolence 
in  our  creation,  and  for  thy  matchless  mercy  in  our  re- 
demption. We  bless  thee,  that  thou  didst  send  thy  Son 
to  be  the  propitiation  for  the  sins  of  a  lost  and  ruined 
world.  We  praise  and  give  thanks  unto  thee,  that  after 
his  humiliation  and  death,  thou  hast  highly  exalted  him 
to  be  a  Prince  and  a  Saviour,  to  give  repentance  unto 
Israel,  and  remission  of  sins,  and  hast  given  him  a  name 
which  is  above  every  name,  that  at  the  name  of  Jesus, 
every  knee  should  bow,  of  things  in  heaven,  and  things 
in  earth,  and  things  under  the  earth,  and  every  tongue 
should  confess  that  Jesus  Christ  is  Lord  to  the  glory  of 
God  the  Father. 

Blessed  Jesus,  our  once  suffering  but  now  risen  and 
exalted  Saviour,  we  adore  thee  in  thy  divine  perfections, 
prerogatives  and  glory ;  we  praise  and  give  thanks  unto 
thee  for  all  that  thou  hast  done  and  suffered,  to  purchase 
our  salvation.  In  the  language  of  just  men  made  perfect 
in  heaven,  we  would  sing,  "  Worthy  is  the  Lamb  that 
was  slain  to  receive  power,  and  riches,  and  strength,  and 
honor,  and  glory,  and  blessing."  We  come  to  thee,  com- 
passionate Saviour,  as  our  Paschal  Lamb,  and  laying  the 
hand  of  faith  upon  thy  blessed  head,  confess  our  iniquity, 
and  entreat  forgiveness  through  thy  most  precious  blood. 
Like  the  Leper,  we  come  kneeling,  and  say,  "Lord,  if 
thou  wilt,  thou  canst  make  us  clean."  Lord  Jesus,  make 
us  clean  ;  sprinkle  us  with  hyssop,  and  we  shall  be  clean  ; 
wash  thou  us  and  we  shall  be  whiter  than  snow.  As 
thou  wast  crucified  for  us,  may  we  be  crucified  unto  the 
world,  and  the  world  unto  us ;  as  thou  hast  died  for  sin, 
may  we  die  daily  unto  sin,  and  live  unto  righteousness, 
and  be  changed  into  thy  divine  image,  from  glory  to  glory, 
as  by  the  spirit  of  the  Lord. 

We  thank  thee  for  the  blessings  of  this  day;  preserve 
us  during  the  night,  and  save  us  for  Christ's  sake. 


7' 


CHRIST  AS   MEDIATOR. 


Seconti   EuesUaj   fn  tl)e  i?^ontl>     IWorninij. 


HYMN    34.        c.  M. 

Irish. 
WITH  joy  we  meditate  the  grace 

Of  our  High  Priest  above  ; 
His  heart  is  made  of  tenderness, 

His  bowels  melt  with  love. 

Touch'd  with  a  sympathy  within, 
He  knows  our  feeble  frame  ; 

He  knows  what  sore  temptations  meaii, 
For  he  hath  felt  the  same. 

He,  in  the  days  of  feeble  flesh, 
Pour'd  out  strong  cries  and  tears, 

And  in  his  raejisure  feels  afresh 
What  every  member  bears. 

He  '11  never  quench  the  smoking  fiax, 

But  raise  it  to  a  flame ; 
The  bruised  reed  he  never  breaks. 

Nor  scorns  the  meanest  name. 


HYMN     35 . 


8.  M. 


Lane. 
LORD,  how  shall  sinners  dare 

Look  up  to  thine  abode? 
Or  offer  their  imperfect  prayer, 

Before  a  holy  God? 

Bright  terrors  gtiard  thy  seat, 
And  glories  veil  thy  face  ; 

Yet  mercy  calls  us  to  thy  feet, 
And  to  thy  throne  of  grace. 

My  soul,  with  cheerful  eye 
See  where  thy  Saviour  stands,- 

The  glorious  Advocate  on  high, 
With  incense  in  his  hands. 


Teach  my  weak  heart,  O  Lord, 
With  faith  to  call  thee  mine  ; 

Bid  me  pronounce  the  blissful  word- 
Father — with  joy  divine. 


Teacher.  There  is  one  God,  and  one  Mediator  be- 
tween God  and  man,  the  man  Christ  Jesus.    1  Tim.  ii.  5. 

Scholars.  "Who  gave  himself  for  us,  that  he  might 
redeem  us  from  all  iniquity,  and  purify  unto  himself  a 
peculiar  people,  zealous  of  good  works.     Titus  ii.  14. 

Teach.  And  if  any  man  sin,  we  have  an  advocate 
with  the  Father,  Jesus  Christ  the  righteous.  1  John  ii.  1. 

ScHOL.  And  he  is  the  propitiation  for  our  sins  :  and 
not  for  ours  only,  but  also  for  the  sins  of  the  whole  world. 
1  John  ii.  2. 

Teach.  He  entered  into  heaven  itself,  now  to  appear 
in  the  presence  of  God  for  us.     Heb.  ix.  24. 

ScHOL.  For  if  he  were  on  earth,  he  should  not  be  a 
priest,  seeing  that  there  are  priests  that  offer  gifts  accord- 
ing to  the  law,     Heb.  viii.  4. 

Teach.  But  now  hath  he  obtained  a  more  excellent 
76 


SECOND    TUESDAY    IN    THE     MONTH.  77 

ministry,  by  how  much  also  he  is  the  mediator  of  a  bet- 
ter covenant,  which  was  established  upon  better  promises. 
Heb.  viii.  6. 

ScHOL.  That  he  might  be  a  merciful  and  faithful  High 
Priest  in  things  pertaining  to  God,  to  make  reconciliation 
for  the  sins  of  the  people.     Heb,  ii.  17. 

Teach.  But  Christ  being  come  a  high  priest  of  good 
tilings  to  come,  by  a  greater  and  more  perfect  tabernacle, 
not  made  with  hands,  that  is  to  say,  not  of  this  building. 
Heb.  ix.  11. 

ScHOL.  Neither  by  the  blood  of  goats  and  calves,  but 
by  his  own  blood,  he  entered  in  once  into  the  holy  place, 
having  obtained  eternal  redemption  for  us.     Heb.  ix.  12. 

Teach.  For  if  the  blood  of  bulls  and  of  goats,  and 
the  ashes  of  a  heifer  sprinkling  the  unclean,  sanctifieth  to 
the  purifying  of  the  flesh.     Heb.  ix.  13. 

ScHOL.  How  much  more  shall  the  blood  of  Christ, 
who  through  the  eternal  Spirit  offered  himself  without 
spot  to  God,  purge  your  conscience  from  dead  works  to 
serve  the  living  God?    Heb.  ix.  14. 

Teach.  And  for  this  cause  he  is  the  mediator  of  the 
new  testament,  that  by  means  of  death,  for  the  redemption 
of  the  transgressions  that  were  under  the  first  testament, 
they  which  are  called,  might  receive  the  promise  of  eter- 
nal inheritance.     Heb.  ix.  15. 

Schol.  Wherefore  he  is  able  to  save  them  to  the  ut- 
termost that  come  unto  God  by  him,  seeing  he  ever  liveth 
to  make  intercession  for  them.     Heb.  vii.  25. 

Teach.  For  such  a  high  priest  became  us,  who  is 
holy,  harmless,  undefiled,  separate  from  sinners,  and 
made  higher  than  the  heavens.     Heb.  vii.  26. 

Schol.  Who  needeth  not  daily,  as  those  high  priests, 
to  offer  up  sacrifice  first  for  his  own  sins,  and  then  for  the 
people's  :  for  this  he  did  once,  when  he  offered  up  himself. 
Heb.  vii.  27. 

Teach.     Seeing  then  that  we  have  a  great  High  Priest, 
that  is  passed  into  the  heavens,  Jesus  the  Son  of  God, 
let  us  hold  fast  our  profession.     Heb.  iv.  14. 
7* 


78  MANUAL    OF   DEVOTION. 


Almighty  and  eternal  Jehovah!  conscious  of  our  un- 
worthiness  and  our  sinfulness,  we  would  approach  thy 
throne  in  humble  reliance  upon  the  atonement  and  inter- 
cession of  Jesus,  the  mediator  of  the  new  covenant,  for 
the  acceptance  of  our  persons  and  the  answer  of  our 
prayers.  We  adore  thy  name,  that  there  is  one  Mediator 
between  God  and  man,  Jesus  Christ,  the  righteous,  who 
being  made  a  High-Priest  of  good  things  to  come,  has 
entered  the  holy  place,  not  by  the  blood  of  goats  and 
calves,  but  by  his  own  precious  blood,  and  having  put 
away  sin  by  the  sacrifice  of  himself,  has  obtained  eternal 
redemption  for  us,  and  is  set  down  at  the  right  hand  of 
the  Majesty  on  high ;  wherefore  he  is  able  to  save  them 
to  the  uttermost  that  come  unto  him,  seeing  he  ever  liveth 
to  make  intercession  for  them. 

Blessed  Jesus!  we  acknowledge  thee  in  all  thy  offices 
and  adore  thee  in  all  thy  graces.  As  our  Prophet  thou 
dost  teach  us — for  thou  art  the  way,  the  truth  and  the  life. 
As  our  merciful  and  faithful  High  Priest  in  things  per- 
taining to  God,  thou  hast  made  atonement  for  the  sins  of 
the  whole  world.  As  our  King  thou  art  seated  on  thy 
mediatorial  throne  upon  the  holy  hill  of  Zion.  May  we 
ever  be  found  sitting  at  thy  feet  and  learning  of  thee  to  be 
meek  and  lowly  in  heart ;  may  we,  through  faith,  be  made 
partakers  of  the  atonement  in  thy  blood  ;  and  ever  be  the 
faithful,  obedient  subjects  of  thy  heavenly  kingdom. 

We  thank  thee,  0  Lord,  for  thy  merciful  protection 
during  the  past  night,  and  we  would  implore  thy  blessing 
and  direction  this  day.  Give  us  grace  to  discharge  the 
duties  of  the  day,  with  patience  to  endure  its  trials,  and 
with  fortitude  to  overcome  its  temptations, — and  at  last, 
with  all  the  redeemed,  bring  us  to  the  enjoyment  of  thy- 
self in  heaven.  Grant  us,  we  beseech  thee,  the  answer  of 
these  our  petitions,  and  the  pardon  of  our  sins,  through 
our  divine  mediator.     Our  Father,  who  art,  &c. 


GOD'S  LOVE  IN  THE  GIFT  OF  CHRIST. 


ircontJ   ^TuestiaB   in  tt)e  i^onllj.    32\)t\m\Q. 


HYMN    11.        CM. 

Ephesut. 
FATHER  to  thee  iny  soul  I  lift; 

My  soul  on  iliee  depends; 
Convince^l  that  every  perfect  gift 

From  thee  alone  itescends. 

Mercy  and  grace  nre  tliine  alone, 
AikI  power  and  wisdom  too: 

VTilhciU  the  Spirii  of  thy  Son, 
We  notliiiig  gO'xl  can  do. 

Vie  cannot  fptak  one  ueeful  word. 
One  holy  thought  conceive, 

Unless,  in  answer  to  our  Lord, 
Thyself  tlie  blessing  give. 

His  blood  demands  the  purchased  grace, 

His  blood's  availing  plea 
ObtaiueiJ  Uie  help  f^  all  our  race  : 

And  sends  it  down  to  me. 


HYMN     12.        s.  M. 

Alva. 
GREAT  God,  accept  a  heart 

That  pants  to  s  ng  ihy  praise  ; 
Thou,  who  wiiliont  beginning  art, 

And  without  end  of  days: 
Thy  goodness  is  display "d, 

On  all  ihy  works  impress'd; 
Thoulovest  all  thy  hauls  have  mad^ 

But  man  thoa  lovest  best. 
Gracious  art  thou  to  all 

Who  indy  turn  to  thee  ; 
O  hear  rae,  then,  for  pardon  call, 

And  show  thy  grace  to  rae. 

TTirough  mercy  reconciled. 

For  Jesus'  sake  Ibrgi  ven  ; 
Receive.  O  Lord,  ihy  favor'd  child. 

To  sing  thy  praise  in  heaven. 


Teacher.  The  Father  sent  the  Son  to  be  the  Saviour 
of  the  world.     1  John  iv.  14. 

Scholars.  God  sent  his  only  begotten  Son  into  the 
world  that  we  might  live  through  him.     1  John  iv.  9. 

Teach.  Burnt-offering  and  sin-offering  hast  thou  not 
required.  Then  said  I,  Lo,  I  come  :  in  the  volume  of  the 
book -it  is  written  of  me,  I  delight  to  do  thy  will,  0  my 
God  :  yea,  thy  law  is  within  my  heart.     Ps.  xl.  6,  7,  8. 

ScHOL.  I  have  preached  righteousness  in  the  great 
congregation  :  lo,  I  have  not  refrained  my  lips,  0  Lord, 
thou  knowest.    Ps.  xl.  9. 

Teach.  When  the  fulness  of  time  had  come,  God 
sent  his  Son,  made  of  a  woman,  made  under  the  law, 
to  redeem  them  that  were  under  the  law,  that  we  might 
receive  the  adoption  of  sons.     Gal.  iv.  4. 

ScHOL.  For  it  pleased  the  Father,  that  in  hun  .should 
79 


80  MANUAL    OF    DEVOTION. 

all  fulness  dwell ;  and,  having  made  peace  through  the 
blood  of  his  cross,  by  him  to  reconcile  all  things  unto 
himself.     Col.  i.  19,  20. 

Teach.  For  God  so  loved  the  world,  that  he  gave  his 
only  begotten  Son,  that  whosoever  believeth  in  him  should 
not  perish,  but  have  everlasting  life.     John  iii.  16. 

ScHOL.  Herein  is  love,  not  that  we  loved  God,  but 
that  he  loved  us,  and  sent  his  Son  to  be  tlie  propitiation 
for  our  sins.     1  John  iv.  10. 

Teach.  In  this  was  manifested  the  love  of  God  to- 
ward us,  because  that  God  sent  his  only  begotten  Son 
into  the  world,  that  we  might  live  through  him.  1  John 
iv.  9. 

ScHOL.  If  God  so  loved  us,  we  ought  also  to  love  one 
another.     1  John  iv.  11, 

Teach.  The  God  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  the  Fa- 
ther of  Glory,  give  unto  you  the  spirit  of  wisdom  and 
revelation  in  the  knowledge  of  him.     Eph.  i.  17. 

ScHOL.  Blessed  be  the  God  and  Father  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  which,  according  to  his  abundant  mercy, 
hath  begotten  us  again  unto  a  lively  hope  by  the  resurrec- 
tion of  Jesus  Christ  from  the  dead.     1  Peter  i.  3. 

Teach.  Blessed  be  the  God  and  Father  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  who  hath  blessed  us  with  all  spiritual  bless- 
ings in  heavenly  places  in  Christ.     Eph.  i.  3. 

ScHOL.  In  whom  we  have  redemption  throvigh  his 
blood,  the  forgiveness  of  sins,  according  to  the  riches  of 
his  grace.     Eph.  i.  7. 

Teach.  Of  which  salvation  the  prophets  have  inquired 
and  searched  diligently,  who  prophesied  of  the  grace  that 
should  come  unto  you  :     1  Peter  i.  10. 

Schol.  Searching  what,  or  what  manner  of  time  the 
Spiirit  of  Christ  whicli  was  in  them  did  signify,  when  it 
testified  beforehand  the  sufferings  of  Christ,  and  the  glory 
that  should  follow.     1  Peter  i.  11. 

Teach.  Thanks  be  unto  God  for  his  unspeakable  gifL 
2  Cor.  ix.  15. 


SECOND    TUESDAY    IN   THE    MONTH.  81 

Almighty  and  eternal  Jehovah !  who  art  the  King  of 
Kings  and  Lord  of  Lords,  the  heavens  declare  thy  glory, 
and  the  earth  is  full  of  thy  riches.  Thou  art  clothed  with 
honor  and  majesty  ;  we  adore  thee  in  the  displays  of  thy 
power  and  grandeur.  Thou  art  glorious  in  holiness  ;  we 
adore  thee  in  the  infinite  purity  of  thy  character.  But 
we  magnify  thee,  0  Lord,  that  thou  art  not  only  the 
Mighty  God  whose  name  is  Holy,  but  that  thou  art  also 
the  God  of  Love. 

"We  thank  thee  for  all  the  manifestations  of  thy  loving 
kindness,  but  especially  for  the  gift  of  thy  dear  Son,  our 
Saviour.  Thou  hast  loved  us  with  more  than  a  parental 
affection.  When  we  lay  under  the  curse  of  a  broken 
law ;  when  there  Avas  no  eye  to  pity  us,  nor  arm  to  save, 
thou  didst  remember  us  in  our  low  estate  and  wast  pleased 
to  lay  help  upon  one  that  was  mighty  to  save  and  strong 
to  deliver.  Thou  didst  send  thy  Son  into  the  world,  not 
to  condemn  the  world,  but  that  the  world  through  him 
might  be  saved.  We  bless  thee  that  thou  hast  also  com- 
mended thy  love  to  us,  in  that  while  we  were  yet  sinners, 
Christ  died  for  the  ungodly.  Thanks  be  unto  the  God 
and  "Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  for  his  unspeakable 
gift. 

God  of  all  grace,  who  hast  so  loved  us  as  to  give  thine 
only  begotten  Son  that  whosoever  believeth  on  him  should 
not  perish,  but  have  everlasting  life,  give  unto  us  thy  ser- 
vants that  faith  which  will  enable  us  to  receive  him  fully 
in  his  divine  character  and  offices,  that  he  may  be  to  us 
wisdom,  righteousness,  sanctification  and  complete  re- 
demption. May  we  make  him  our  only  refuge,  walk  in 
him  as  our  way,  and  follow  him  as  our  guide,  that  trans- 
formed into  his  divine  image,  we  may  be  like  him  at  his 
appearing,  and  so  be  ever  with  the  Lord.  Amen!  Our 
Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy  name.  Thy 
kingdom  come.    Thy  will  be  done  on  earth,  &c. 


BENEFITS  OF  THE  GIFT  OF  CHEIST. 


ScconU  ffSf^EtJitestJaD  m  tl)e  H^ontl).    i^aocninfl. 


HYMN    .38 .        6.  M. 

SL  Thomas. 
WHAT  majesty  and  grace, 

Through  all  ^he  gospel  shine ! 
Tis  God  that  speaks,  and  we  confess 

The  doctrine  most  divine. 

Down  from  his  throne  on  high, 

The  mighty  Saviour  comes; 
Lays  his  bright  robes  of  glory  by, 

And  feeble  flesh  assumes. 

The  debt  that  sinners  owed, 

Upon  the  cross  he  pays : 
Then  through  the  clouds  ascends  to  God, 

'Midst  shouts  of  loftiest  praise. 

There  our  High  Priest  appears, 

Before  his  Father's  throne ; 
Uingles  his  merits  with  our  tears. 

And  pours  salvation  down. 


HYMN    39.        c.  M. 

DelighU 
THY  ceaseless,  unexhausted  love^ 

Unmerited  and  free, 
Delights  our  evl  to  remove, 

And  help  our  misery. 

Thou  waitest  to  be  gracious  still : 
Thou  dost  with  sinners  bear; 

That,  saved,  we  may  thy  goodnes  feCu 
And  all  thy  grace  declare. 

Thy  goodness  and  thy  truth  to  me, 

To  every  soul,  abound  ; 
A  vast,  unfathomable  sea, 

Where  all  our  thoughu  are  drown'd. 

Its  streams  the  whole  creation  reach, 

So  plenteous  is  the  store  ; 
Enough  for  all,  enough  for  each. 

Enough  forever  more. 


Teacher.  There  shall  be  a  fountedn  opened  to  the 
house  of  David  and  to  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  for 
sin  and  for  uncleanness.     Zech.  xiii.  1. 

Scholars.  Herein  is  love,  not  that  we  loved  God,  but 
that  he  loved  us,  and  sent  his  Son  to  be  the  propitiation 
for  our  sins.     1  John  iv.  10. 

Teach.  Christ  loved  the  church,  and  gave  himself  for 
it,  that  he  might  sanctify  and  cleanse  it.     Eph.  v.  25. 

ScHOL.  Not  by  works  of  righteousness  which  we 
have  done,  but  according  to  his  mercy  he  saved  us,  by 
the  washing  of  regeneration,  and  renewing  of  the  Holy 
Ghost.     Tit.  iii.  5. 

Teach.  By  him,  all  that  believe  are  justified  from  all 
things  from  which  they  could  not  be  justified  by  the  law 
of  Moses.    Acts  xiii.  39. 

82 


SECOND    WEDNESDAY   IN   THE    MONTH.  83 

ScHOL.  Being  justified  by  faith  we  have  peace  with 
God,  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.     Rom.  v.  1. 

Teach.  The  grace  of  God  that  bringeth  salvation  hath 
appeared  to  all  men.     Titus  ii.  11. 

ScHOL.  Unto  every  one  of  us  is  given  grace  according 
to  the  measure  of  the  gift  of  Christ.     Eph,  iv.  7. 

Teach.  The  grace  of  God,  and  the  gift  by  grace, 
which  is  by  one  man,  Jesus  Christ,  hath  abounded  unto 
many.     Rom.  v.  15. 

ScHOL.  Of  his  fulness  have  we  all  received,  and  grace 
for  grace.     John  i.  16. 

Teach.  God  sent  his  only-begotten  Son  into  the  world 
that  we  might  live  through  him.     1  John  iv.  9. 

ScHOL.  In  him  was  life,  and  the  life  was  the  light  of 
men.    John  i.  4. 

Teach.  For  the  life  was  manifested,  and  we  have 
seen  it,  and  bear  witness,  and  shew  unto  you  that  eternal 
life  which  was  with  the  Father,  and  was  manifested  unto 
as.     1  John  i.  2. 

ScHOL.  He  that  hath  the  Son  hath  life,  and  he  that 
hath  not  the  Son  of  God  hath  not  life.     1  John  v.  12. 

Teach.  Lord,  to  whom  shall  we  go  ?  thou  hast  the 
word  of  eternal  Hfe.     John  vi.  68. 

ScHOL.  Jesus  saith,  I  am  the  way,  and  the  truth  and 
the  life  ;  no  man  cometh  unto  the  Father  but  by  me. 
John  xiv.  6. 

Teach.  Whosoever  drinketh  of  the  water  that  I  shall 
give  him,  shall  never  thirst,  but  the  water  that  I  shall 
give  him  shall  be  in  him  a  well  of  water  springing  up 
into  everlasting  life.     John  iv.  14. 

ScHCL.  I  am  the  living  bread,  which  came  down  from 
heaven,  if  any  man  eat  of  this  bread  he  shall  live  for 
ever.     John  vi.  51. 

Teach.  Labor  not  for  the  meat  that  perisheth,  but 
for  that  meat  which  endureth  unto  everlasting  life,  which 
the  Son  of  man  shall  give  unto  you.     John  \i.  27. 

ScHOL.     Thanks  be  unto  God  for  his  v\nspeakable  gift 

Cor.  ix.  15. 


84  MANUAL   OF  DEVOTION. 

Adorable  and  blessed  Jehovah,  thou  art  infinitely  glo- 
rious in  thy  majesty  and  power,  as  displayed  in  creation, 
and  infinitely  gracious  in  thy  condescension  and  mercy, 
as  exhibited  in  the  work  of  redemption.  When  we  think 
of  thy  majesty  and  holiness,  and  our  own  unworthiness 
and  guilt,  we  are  filled  with  profound  self-abasement. 
When  we  remember  thy  compassion  and  grace  in  the  gift 
of  the  world's  Redeemer,  we  would  approach  thy  throne 
with  thankfulness  and  joy — we  would  take  the  cup  of  sal- 
vation, and  offer  thee  the  sacrifice  of  thanksgiving,  and 
call  upon  the  name  of  the  Loi'd  :  Blessed  be  the  Lord  God 
of  Israel,  for  he  hath  visited  and  redeemed  his  people, 
and  hath  raised  up  an  horn  of  salvation  in  the  house  of 
his  servant  David! 

While  we  mourn  that  the  wages  of  sin  is  death,  we 
would  rejoice  that  the  gift  of  God  is  eternal  life  through 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  in  whom  we  have  forgiveness  of- 
Bins  according  to  the  riches  of  his  grace — who  of  God  is 
made  unto  us,  wisdom,  and  righteousness,  and  sanctifica- 
tion,  and  redemption.  0  Lord,  as  thou  hast  not  spared 
thine  only  Son,  but  freely  given  him  up  for  us  all,  may 
we  have  confidence,  that  with  him  thou  wilt  give  us  all 
things.  As  it  has  pleased  thee,  that  in  him  should  all 
fulness  dwell,  may  we  with  faith  approach  our  divine 
treasuiy,  and  receive  of  his  fulness,  and  grace  for  grace, 
until  we  are  filled  with  all  the  fulness  of  God  and  made 
meet  for  his  heavenly  kingdom. 

Blessed  Jesus !  we  are  lost,  but  thou  art  for  salvation  to 
the  ends  of  the  earth.  We  are  weak,  but  help  is  laid  upon 
one  that  is  mighty.  We  are  poor  and  needy,  but  thou 
hast  the  unsearchable  riches.  We  are  blind  and  ignorant, 
but  in  thee  are  the  treasures  of  wisdom  and  knowledge. 
Be  thou  our  wisdom,  and  riches,  and  strength,  and  salva- 
tion. Thanks  be  unto  God  for  his  unspeakable  gift!  Our 
Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy  name :  &c. 


BENEFITS  OF  THE  DEATH  OF  CHKIST, 


SecontJ  Ol-etJnEstiai)  m  tije  ^^^[ontl).    fibcninfl. 


HYMN    40 .        CM. 

Fountain. 
THERE  is  a  fountain  fill'd  w-ith  blood, 

Drawn  from  Immanuel's  veins  ; 
And  sinners,  plunged  beneatli  that  flood, 

Lose  all  their  guilty  stains, 

Tbe  dying  thief  rejoiced  to  see 

That  fountain  in  his  day  ; 
And  there  may  I,  though  vile  as  he. 

Wash  all  my  sins  away. 

Thou  dying  Lamb  !  thy  precious  blood 

Shall  never  lose  its  power, 
Till  all  the  ransom'd  Church  of  God 

Are  saved,  to  siu  no  more. 

E'er  since,  by  faith  I  saw  the  stream 
Thy  flowing  wounds  supply, 

Redeeming  love  has  been  my  theme, 
And  shall  be,  till  I  die. 


HYMN    41.         8.M. 
LathTop. 
NOT  all  the  blood  of  beasts, 

On  Jewish  altan.  slain, 
Could  give  the  guiliy  conscience  peace, 

Or  wash  away  the  stain. 

But  Christ  the  heavenly  Lamb, 

Takes  all  our  sins  away; 
A  sacrifice  of  nobler  name, 

And  richer  blood  than  they. 

My  faith  would  lay  her  hand 
On  that  dear  head  of  thine,— 

While  like  a  penitent  I  stand. 
And  there  confess  my  sin. 

My  soul  looks  back  to  see 
The  burdens  thou  didst  hear,— 

When  hanging  on  the  cursed  tree,— 
And  hopes  her  guilt  was  there. 


Teacher.  I  delivered  unto  you  first  of  all  that  which 
I  also  received,  how  that  Christ  died  for  our  sins,  accord- 
ing to  the  Scriptures.     1  Cor.  xv.  3. 

Scholars.  When  we  were  yet  without  strength,  in 
due  time  Christ  died  for  the  ungodly.     Rom.  v.  6. 

Teach.  God  commendeth  his  love  towards  us,  in  that 
while  we  were  yet  sinners,  Christ  died  for  us.  Rom.  v.  8. 

Schol.  I  am  the  good  shepherd  ;  the  good  shepherd 
giveth  his  life  for  the  sheep.     John  x.  11. 

Teach.  Christ  also  hath  loved  us,  and  hath  given 
himself  for  us.     Eph.  v.  2. 

Schol.  The  Lord  Jesus  Christ  gave  himself  for  our 
sins,  that  he  might  deliver  us  from  this  present  evil  world, 
Galat.  i.  3,  4. 

Teach.  He  gave  himself  for  us,  that  he  might  redeem 
8  85 


86  MANUAL    OF    DEVOTION. 

US  from  all  iniquity,  and  purify  unto  himself  a  peculiar 
people,  zealous  of  good  works.     Titus  ii.  14. 

ScHOL.  He  was  wounded  for  our  transgressions,  he 
was  bruised  for  our  iniquities  ;  the  chastisement  of  our 
peace  was  upon  him  ;  and  with  his  stripes  we  are  healed. 
Is.  liii.  5. 

Teach.  For  Christ  also  hath  once  suffered  for  sins, 
the  just  for  the  unjust,  that  he  might  bring  us  to  God, 
being  put  to  death  in  the  flesh  but  quickened  by  the 
Spirit,     li  Peter  iii.  18. 

ScHOL.  He  died  for  all,  that  they  which  live  should 
not  henceforth  live  unto  themselves  but  unto  him,  which 
died  for  them,  and  rose  again.     2  Cor.  v.  15. 

Teach.  The  life  which  I  now  live  in  the  flesh,  I  live 
by  faith  in  the  Son  of  God,  who  loved  me,  and  gave  him- 
self for  me.     Galat.  ii.  20. 

ScHOL.  Without  shedding  of  blood  is  no  remission. 
Heb.  ix.  22. 

Teach.  The  blood  of  Jesus  Christ  cleanseth  us  from 
all  sin      1  John  i.  7. 

ScHOL.  He  is  the  propitiation  for  our  sins  ;  and  not 
for  ours  only,  but  also  for  the  sins  of  the  whole  world. 
1  John  ii.  2. 

Teach.  We  also  joy  in  God,  through  our  Lord  Jesua 
Christ,  by  whom  we  have  now  received  the  atonement. 
Rom.  v.  11. 

ScHOL.  In  whom  we  have  redemption  through  his 
blood,  the  forgiveness  of  sins,  according  to  the  riches  of 
his  grace.  Wherein  he  hath  abounded  towards  us  in  all 
wisdom  and  prudence  ;  having  made  known  unto  us  the 
mystery  of  his  will,  according  to  his  good  pleasure,  which 
he  hath  purposed  in  himself.     Eph.  i.  7,  8,  9. 

Teach.  Unto  him  that  loved  us,  and  washed  us  from 
our  sins  in  his  own  blood,  and  hath  made  us  kings  and 
priests  unto  God  and  his  Father,  to  him  be  glory  and  do- 
rainion,  for  ever  and  ever.    Amen.     Rev.  i.  5,  6. 


SECOND    WEDNESDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  87 


Almighty  and  eternal  Father  and  God,  we  adore  thee 
as  our  Creator,  Preserver  and  Redeemer.  We  thank  thee 
for  the  purpose  of  salvation  in  Christ  Jesus  before  the 
foundation  of  the  world.  We  bless  thee,  that  when  the 
fulness  of  time  had  come,  thou  didst  send  thy  Son,  made 
of  a  woman,  made  under  the  law,  to  redeem  them  that 
were  under  the  law,  that  we  might  receive  the  adoption 
of  sons ;  who  his  own  self  bore  our  sins  in  his  own  body 
upon  the  tree,  that  we,  being  dead  to  sins,  should  live  unto 
righteousness.  With  the  Apostle  may  we  triumph  in  the 
cross  ;  God  forbid  that  we  should  glory  save  in  the  cross 
of  Jesus  Christ,  by  whom  we  are  crucified  unto  the  world 
and  the  world  unto  us. 

All  praise  and  honor  be  unto  thee,  for  the  displays  of 
thy  goodness  and  truth  in  the  advent,  life,  sufferings  and 
death  of  thine  only  and  well-beloved  Son,  who  is  the  px'o- 
pitiation  for  our  sins,  and  not  for  our  sins  only,  but  for 
the  sins  of  the  whole  world.  Give  us,  O  Lord,  that  lively 
faith,  by  whicli  we  shall  see  in  the  sufferings  and  death 
of  the  Son  of  God,  a  full  satisfaction  to  ofiended  justice, 
and  in  his  glorious  resurrection,  a  proof  of  the  divinity  of 
his  nature,  and  an  earnest  of  our  future  existence  beyond 
the  grave. 

Adorable  Saviour,  as  our  Passover,  thou  wast  slain  for 
us,  and  by  thy  death  hast  obtained  for  us  freedom  from 
Satan's  yoke,  and  deliverance  from  the  stroke  of  God's 
avenging  sword ;  mercifully  grant  unto  us  the  gracious 
consequences  of  thy  death,  resurrection,  and  glory;  that 
we  may  be  transformed  into  thy  divine  image,  and  con- 
formed to  thy  law  upon  earth,  and  a,t  length  join  the  in- 
numerable multitude  around  the  throne  in  singing,  "Wor- 
ty  is  the  Lamb  that  was  slain  to  receive  power,  and  riches, 
and  wisdom,  and  strength,  and  honor,  and  glory,  and 
blessing!"  Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be 
thy  name  :  thy  kingdom  come  :  thy  will  be  done,  &c. 


PROMISE  OF  THE  HOLY  GHOST, 


Scconti   Efjucstiao   in  t^e  fWontl).     iHorninfl. 


HYMN    42 .        L.  M. 

Ware. 
JESUS,  we  on|  the  words  depend, 

Spoken  by  thee  while  present  here,— 
The  Father  in  my  name  shall  send 

The  Holy  Ghost,  the  Comforter. 

That  promise  made  to  Adam's  race, 
Now,  Liord,  in  us,  we  pray,  fulfil ; 

And  give  the  Spirit  of  thy  grace. 
To  teach  us  all  thy  perfect  will. 

That  heaveniy  Teacher  of  mankind, 
That  Guide  infallible,  impart,— 

To  bring  thy  sayings  to  our  mind, 
And  write  them  on  each  faithful  heart. 

He  only  can  the  words  apply, 

Through  which  we  endless  life  possess ; 
And  deal  to  each  his  legacy, — 

Our  Lord's  unutterable  peace. 


H  Y  M  N    43  .         i.  M. 

Compassion. 
LORD,  we  believe  to  us  and  ours 

The  aposiolic  promise  given; 
We  wait  the  pentecoslal  powers, — 

The  Holy  Ghost  sent  down  from  heaveki 

Assembled  here  with  one  accord, 
Calmly  we  wail  the  promised  grace,— 

The  purchase  of  our  dying  Lord ; 
Come,  Holy  Ghost,  and  fill  the  place. 

If  every  one  that  asks  may  find, — 
If  still  thou  dost  on  sinners  fall,^ 

Come  as  a  mighty  rushing  wind ; 
Great  grace  be  now  upon  us  all. 

Ah !  leave  us  not  to  mourn  below, 
Or  long  for  thy  return  to  pine ; 

Now,  Lord,  llie  Comforter  bestow, 
Aad  fix  in  us  the  Guest  divine. 


Teacher.  I  will  pour  out  my  spirit  upon  you,  I  will 
make  known  my  words  unto  you.     Prov.  i.  23. 

Scholars.  I  will  pour  water  upon  him  that  is  thirsty, 
and  floods  upon  the  dry  ground,  I  will  pour  my  spirit 
upon  thy  seed,  and  my  blessing  upon  thine  oftspring. 
Isa.  xliv.  3. 

Teach.  And  I  will  give  them  one  heart,  and  I  will 
put  a  new  spirit  within  you,  and  I  will  take  the  stony 
heart  out  of  their  flesh,  and  will  give  them  a  heart  of 
flesh  :  that  they  may  walk  in  my  statutes,  and  keep  mine 
ordinances,  and  do  them.     Ezek.  xi.  19,  20. 

ScHOL.  And  I  will  put  my  spirit  within  you,  and 
cause  you  to  walk  in  my  statutes,  and  ye  shall  keep  my 
judgments,  and  do  them.     Ezek.  xxxvi.  27. 

Teach.    And,  behold  I  send  the  promise  of  my  Fa- 


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Iher  upon  you;  but  tarry  ye  in  the  city  of  Jerusalem  until 
ye  be  endued  with  power  from  on  high.     Luke  xxvii.  49. 

ScHOL.  I  will  pour  upon  the  house  of  David,  and 
upon  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  the  spirit  of  grace 
and  of  supplication  :  and  they  shall  look  upon  me  whom 
they  have  pierced,  and  they  shall  mourn  for  him,  as  one 
thatmourneth  for  his  only  son,  and  shall  be  in  bitterness 
for  him,  as  one  that  is  in  bitterness  for  his  first  born. 
Zech.  xii.  10. 

Teach.  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  afterward,  that  I 
•will  pour  out  my  spirit  upon  all  flesh  ;  and  your  sons 
and  your  daughters  shall  prophecy,  your  old  men  shall 
dream  dreams,  and  your  young  men  shall  see  visions. 
Joel  ii.  28. 

ScHOL.  And  also  upon  the  servants  and  upon  the  hand- 
maids in  those  days  will  I  pour  out  my  spirit.    Joel  ii.  29. 

Teach.  Therefore,  being  by  the  right  hand  of  God 
exalted,  and  having  received  of  the  Father  the  promise  of 
the  Holy  Ghost,  he  hath  shed  forth  this,  which  ye  now 
Bee  and  hear.     Acts  ii.  33. 

ScHOL.  This  is  my  covenant  with  them,  saith  the 
Lord,  my  Spirit  that  is  upon  thee,  and  my  words  which 
1  have  put  in  thy  mouth,  shall  not  depart  out  of  thy 
mouth,  nor  out  of  the  mouth  of  thy  seed,  nor  out  of  the 
mouth  of  thy  seed's  seed,  saith  the  Lord,  from  hence- 
forth and  forever.     Isa.  lix.  21. 

Teach.  The  Comforter,  which  is  the  Holy  Ghost, 
whom  the  Father  will  send  in  my  name,  he  shall  teach 
you  all  things  and  bring  all  things  to  your  remembrance, 
whatsoever  I  have  said  to  you.     John  xiv.  26. 

ScHOL.  When  he,  the  Spirit  of  truth  is  come,  he  will 
guide  you  into  all  truth  :  for  he  shall  not  speak  of  him- 
self:  but  whatsoever  he  shall  hear,  that  shall  he  speak  : 
and  he  will  shew  you  things  to  come.    John  xvi.  13. 

Teach.  The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  the 
love  of  God,  and  the  communion  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  be 
with  you  all.     Amen.     2  Cor.  xiii.  14. 


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90  MANUAL    OF   DEVOTION.  ^ 

God  the  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost,  the  uncreated 
Jehovah!  Thou  art  glorious  in  majesty  and  infinite  in  all 
thy  perfections.  Conscious  of  our  own  unworthiness  we 
come  to  thee  for  pardon  and  acceptance  through  the  merits 
and  intercession  of  him,  who  is  the  way,  the  truth,  and 
the  life.  God  the  Father,  we  adore  thee  as  our  Creator 
and  Preserver.  God  the  Son,  we  praise  and  give  thanks 
unto  thee  as  our  Redeemer  and  Mediator.  God  the  Holy 
Ghost,  we  bless  thee  as  our  Instructor,  Comforter,  and 
Sanctifier.  Holy,  blessed  and  glorious  Trinity,  three 
persons  and  one  Gjd,  we  adore  thee  as  the  God  of  our 
salvation.  Enter  not  into  judgment  with  us,  but  jDardon 
our  offences,  blot  out  our  transgressions  from  before  thee, 
receive  us  graciously,  and  love  us  freely. 

Jesus,  our  Redeemer,  we  thank  thee  that  after  thy  suf- 
fering humanity  was  exalted,  thou  didst  promise  to  send 
the  Holy  Ghost  to  reprove  the  world  of  sin,  of  righteous- 
ness, and  of  judgment — the  spirit  of  truth  to  guide  us  into 
all  truth — the  divine  Instructor  who  should  take  of  the 
things  of  God  and  show  them  unto  us,  and  teach  us  all 
things — the  blessed  Comforter  who  amid  the  trials  and 
afflictions  of  earth  should  pour  into  our  hearts  the  peace 
of  God  which  passeth  all  understanding. 

Spirit  of  God,  descend  with  thy  enlightening  and  sanc- 
tifying power.  Open  the  eyes  of  our  understanding  to 
see  our  sinfulness  by  nature  and  our  guilt  by  practice. 
Open  our  hearts  to  receive  the  truth,  that  they  may  be 
filled  with  the  influences  of  thy  heavenly  grace,  until  we 
are  washed  and  sanctified  and  justified  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord  Jesus,  and  by  the  Spirit  of  our  God. 

We  thank  thee,  heavenly  Father,  for  thy  merciful  pro- 
tection during  the  night;  we  implore  thy  divine  aid  and 
assistance  this  day.  Bless  us  in  our  studies,  and  in  the 
discharge  of  all  our  duties  ;  and  may  the  grace  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  and  the  love  of  God,  and  the  communion  of 
the  Holy  Ghost,  be  with  us  all.   Amen !   Our  Father,  &c. 


GIFT  OF  THE  HOLY  GHOST. 


HYMN    44.    p.  M. 

Solitude. 

SINNERS,  lift  up  your  hearts,  To  make  an  end  of  sin, 

The  promise  to  receive ;  And  Satan's  worK  destroy, 

Jesua  himself  imparts, —  He  brings  his  kingdom  in,— 

He  comes  in  man  to  live:  Peace,  righteousness,  and  joy: 

The  Holy  Ghost  to  man  is  given ;  The  Holy  Ghost  to  man  is  given ; 

Rejoice  in  God  sent  down  from  heaven.  Rejoice  in  God  sent  down  from  heaven. 

Jesus  is  glorified,                     ,  From  heaven  he  shall  once  more 

And  gives  the  Comforter,  Triumphantly  descend. 

His  Spirit,  to  reside  And  all  his  saints  restore 

In  all  his  members  here ;  To  joys  that  never  end  : 

The  Holy  Ghost  to  man  is  given ;  Then,  then,  when  all  cur  joys  are  given, 

Rejoice  in  God  sent  down  from  heaven.  Rejoice  in  God,  rejoice  in  heaven. 

Teacher.  Except  a  man  be  born  of  water  and  of  the 
Spirit  he  cannot  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  God.  That 
which  is  born  of  the  flesh,  is  flesh,  and  that  which  is 
born  of  the  Spirit,  is  spirit.     John  iii.  5,  6. 

Scholars.  God  also  hath  given  unto  us  his  holy 
spirit.     1  Thess.  iv.  8. 

Teach.  The  love  of  God  is  shed  abroad  in  our  hearts, 
by  the  Holy  Ghost  which  is  given  unto  us.     Rom.  v.  5. 

ScHOL.  God  hath  sent  forth  the  Spirit  of  his  Son  into 
our  hearts,  crying  Abba,  Father.     Gal.  iv.  6. 

Teach.  The  God  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  the  Fa- 
ther of  Glory,  give  unto  you  the  spirit  of  wisdom  and 
revelation  in  the  knowledge  of  him.     Eph.  i.  17. 

ScnoL.  Hereby  we  know  that  we  dwell  in  him,  and 
he  in  us,  because  he  hath  given  us  of  his  spirit.  1  John 
iv.  13. 

Teach.  Seeing  ye  have  purified  your  souls  in  obey- 
ing the  truth  through  the  spirit  unto  unfeigned  love  of  the 
91 


92  MANUAL    OF    DEVOTION. 

brethren,  see  thai  ye  love  one  another  with  a  pure  heart 
fervently.     1  Peter  i.  22. 

ScHOL.  He  that  loveth  not  his  brother  whom  he 
hath  seen,  how  can  he  love  God  whom  he  hath  not  seen  i 
1  John  iv.  21. 

Teach.  This  commandment  have  we  from  him.  That 
he  who  loveth  God,  love  his  brother  also.     1  John  iv.  21. 

ScHOL.  Hereby  we  know  that  he  abideth  in  us,  by 
the  spii-it  which  he  hath  given  us.     1  John  iii.  24. 

Teach.  But  not  as  the  offence,  so  also  is  the  free  gift. 
For  if  thilough  the  offence  of  one  many  be  dead  ;  much 
more  the  grace  of  God,  and  the  gift  by  grace,  which  is 
by  one  man,  Jesus  Christ,  hath  abounded  unto  many. 
Rom.  V.  15. 

ScHOL.  And  not  as  it  was  by  one  that  sinned,  so  is 
the  gift  :  for  the  judgment  was  by  one  to  condemnation  ; 
but  the  free  gift  is  of  many  offences  unto  justification. 
Rom.  V.  16. 

Teach.  God  hath  not  given  vis  the  spirit  of  fear,  but 
of  power,  and  of  love,  and  of  a  sound  mind.    2  Tim.  i.  7. 

ScHOL.  There  is  no  fear  in  love ;  but  perfect  love 
casteth  out  fear  :  because  fear  hath  torment.  1  John  iv.  18. 

Teach.  God  is  love;  and  he  that  dwelleth  in  love, 
dwelleth  in  God,  and  God  in  him.     1  John  iv.  16. 

ScHOL.  The  flesh  lusteth  against  the  spirit,  and  the 
spirit  lusteth  against  the  flesh,  and  these  are  contrary  the 
one  to  the  other.     Gal.  v.  17. 

Teach.  But  if  ye  be  led  by  the  spirit,  ye  are  not  un- 
der the  law.     Gal.  v.  18. 

ScHOL.  God  hath  not  called  us  unto  uncleanness, 
but  unto  holiness.  He  therefore  that  despiseth,  despiseth 
not  man  but  God,  who  hath  also  given  unto  us  his  Holy 
Spirit.     1  Thess.  iv.  7,  8. 

Teach.  Cluench  not  the  Spirit.  Despise  not  pro- 
phecyings.  Prove  all  things  ;  hold  fast  that  which  is 
good.  Abstain  from  all  appearance  of  evil.  1  Thess. 
iv.  19  20,  21,  22. 


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God  the  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost,  we  adore  thee  as 
the  everlasting  God.  Father  of  mercies,  thou  hast  created 
and  preserved  us,  and  crowned  our  lives  with  loving  kind- 
ness and  tender  mercy.  Make  us  obedient  children,  keep- 
ing thy  commandments,  and  following  thee  all  our  days. 
Saviour  of  the  world,  thou  hast  redeemed  us  with  thy 
precious  blood  as  of  a  lamb  without  spot  and  blemish. 
Melt  our  hearts  by  thy  dying  love,  that  we  may  be  the 
willing  subjects  of  thy  heavenly  kingdom,  which  consists 
in  righteousness  and  true  holiness. 

Holy  Spirit,  thou  art  the  God  of  all  grace,  the  author 
of  all  the  spiritual  gifts  and  blessed  influences  that  have 
enriched  thy  people  and  thy  ministering  servants.  Thou 
hast  been  the  inspiration  of  apostles  and  prophets,  of  evan- 
gelists and  pastors,  and  teachers,  for  the  perfecting  of  the 
saints,  the  work  of  the  ministry,  and  the  edifying  of  the 
body  of  Christ.  "We  thank  thee,  our  Father  and  God, 
that  the  manifestations  of  the  spirit  is  given  to  every  man 
to  profit  withal — that  it  strives  with  his  spirit  to  win  him 
away  from  the  world  and  woo  him  unto  thee.  Adored 
be  thy  name,  that  its  influences  have  been  felt  upon  our 
hearts — and  although  we  have  been  undutiful  children, 
unprofitable  servants  in  thy  sight,  that  it  still  continues  to 
strive  with  us,  after  so  many  years  of  forgetfulness  and 
sin.  Take  not,  0  Lord,  thy  Holy  Spirit  from  us,  but 
may  its  convicting  and  converting  power  be  manifested, 
till  our  reconciled  God  shall  send  the  Spirit  of  his  Son  into 
our  hearts,  crying  Abba,  Father. 

Author  of  every  good  and  perfect  gift,  we  thank  thee 
for  the  blessings  of  the  day — for  life  and  health,  for  food 
and  raim.ent,  and  for  the  opportunities  of  becoming  wiser 
and  better.  Mercifully  protect  and  defend  us  during  the 
night,  and  bring  us  at  length  to  thine  everlasting  abode,  to 
enjoy  the  blissful  presence  of  the  triune  God,  through  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ.    Amen !     Our  Father,  who  art,  &c. 


FKUITS  OF  THE  HOLY  GHOST. 


Sccontr  jFi'fDas   fix  tijc  iHontt)-     ittoininn. 


HYMN    45.        p.  : 

Little. 
HOLY  Spirit !  Fount  of  blessing, 

Ever  watchful   ever  kind; 
Thy  celestial  ^id  possessing, 

Prison'd  souls  deliv'rance  find. 

Seal  of  truth,  and  bond  of  union. 
Source  of  light,  and  flame  of  love, 

Symbol  of  divine  communion. 
In  the  olive-bearing  dove  ; — 

Heavenly  Quisle  from  paths  of  error. 
Comforter  of  raijids  aistress'd,— 

When  tlie  billows  fill  with  terror. 
Pointing  to  the  ark  of  rest : 

Prom'sed  Pletlge!  Eternal  Spirit! 

Greater  tlian  all  git\s  below, — 
May  our  hearts  thy  grace  inherit: 

May  our  lips  thy  glories  show. 


HYMN     46 .        CM. 

Covington. 
COME,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove, 

With  all  thy  quick'ning  powers : 
Kindle  :»  flame  of  sacred  love 

In  these  cold  beart£  of  ours. 

Look  how  we  grovel  here  below, 
Pond  of  these  earthly  toys ; 

Our  souls,  how  heavily  they  go, 
To  reach  eternal  joys. 

Father,  and  shall  we  ever  live 

At  this  poor  dying  rate  ; 
Our  love  so  faint,  so  cold  to  thee. 

And  thine  to  us  so  great  ? 

Come,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove, 
With  all  thy  quick'ning  powers  ; 

Come,  shed  abroad  a  Saviour's  love, 
And  that  shall  kindJe  ours. 


Teacher.  There  is  therefore  now  no  condemnation  to 
them  wliich  are  in  Christ  Jesus,  who  walk  not  after  the 
flesh,  but  after  the  spirit.     Rom.  viii.  1. 

Scholars.  For  the  law  of  the  spirit  of  life  in  Christ 
Jesus  hath  made  me  free  from  the  law  of  sin  and  death. 
Rom.  viii.  2. 

Teach.  Ye  are  not  in  the  flesh,  but  in  the  Spirit,  if  so 
be  that  the  Spirit  of  God  dwell  in  you.  Now  if  any  man 
have  not  the  Spirit  of  Christ  he  is  none  of  his.  And 
if  Christ  be  in  you,  the  body  is  dead  because  of  sin ;  but 
the  Spirit  is  life  because  of  righteousness.  Rom. viii.  9,  10. 

ScHOL.  The  Spirit  itself  beareth  witness  with  our 
spirit,  that  we  are  the  children  of  God.     Rom.  viii.  16. 

Teach.  For  ye  have  not  received  the  spirit  of  bond- 
age again  to  fear  ;  but  ye  have  received  the  Spirit  of 
adoption,  whereby  we  cry,  Abba,  Father.  Rom.  viii.  15. 
94 


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ScHOL.  As  many  as  are  led  by  the  Spirit  of  God, 
they  are  the  sons  of  God.    Rom.  viii.  14. 

Teach.  If  the  Spirit  of  him  that  raised  up  Jesus  from 
the  dead  dwell  in  you,  he  that  raised  up  Christ  from  the 
dead  shall  also  quicken  your  mortal  bodies  by  his  Spirit 
thatdwelleth  in  you.     Rom.  viii.  11.. 

ScHOL.  But  ye  are  washed,  but  ye  are  sanctified,  but 
ye  are  justified  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  and  by 
the  Spirit  of  our  God.     1  Cor.  vi.  11. 

Teach.  Every  spirit  that  confesseth  that  Jesus  Christ 
is  come  in  the  flesh,  is  of  God.     1  John  iv.  2. 

ScHOL.  God  according  to  his  mercy,  saved  us,  by  the 
washing  of  regeneration  and  renewing  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 
Titus  iii.  5. 

Teach.  God  hath  from  the  beginning  chosen  you  to 
salvation,  through  sanctification  of  the  Spirit,  and  belief 
of  the  truth.     2  Thess.  ii.  13. 

ScHOL.  For  the  fruit  of  the  Spirit  is  in  all  goodness, 
and  righteousness,  and  truth.     Eph.  v.  9. 

Teach.  We  through  the  Spirit  wait  for  the  hope  of 
righteousness  by  faith.     Gal.  v.  5. 

ScHOL.  If  we  live  in  the  spirit,  let  us  also  walk  in  the 
spirit.     Gal.  v.  25. 

Teach.  For  if  ye  live  after  the  flesh,  ye  shall  die: 
but  if  ye  through  the  Spirit  do  mortify  the  deeds  of  the 
body,  ye  shall  live.     Rom.  viii.  13. 

ScHOL.     Therefore,  brethren,  we  are  debtors,  not  to 
the  flesh,  to  live  after  the  flesh.    Rom.  viii.  12. 
»  Teach.     The  fruit  of  the  spirit  is   love,  joy,  peace, 
^ng-suff*ering,    gentleness,    goodness,   faith,    meekness, 
temperance.     Gal.  v.  22. 

ScHOL.  He  that  soweth  to  the  flesh,  shall  of  the  flesh 
reap  corruption :  but  he  that  soweth  to  the  Spirit,  shall 
of  the  Spirit  reap  life  everlasting.     Gal.  vi.  8. 

Teach.  Now  the  God  of  hope  fill  you  with  all  joy 
and  peace  in  believing,  that  ye  may  abound  in  hope, 
through  the  power  of  the  Holy  Ghost.     Rom.  xv.  13. 


96  MANUAL    OF   DEVOTION. 

God,  the  Father  Almighty,  ovir  Creator  and  Benefactor, 
we  adore  thee  as  a  God  of  grace ;  thou  art  gracious  and 
merciful,  slow  to  anger,  and  of  great  compassion.  God, 
the  Son,  our  Redeemer,  thou  art  a  God  of  grace  ;  thou  art 
full  of  grace  and  truth.  God,  the  Holy  Ghost,  our  Sanc- 
tifier,  thou  art  a  God  of  grace  :  thou  art  the  spirit  of  grace 
and  supplication.  Glory  to  God  in  the  highest,  that  lost 
sinners  though  we  be,  we  are  permitted  to  behold  the  Tri- 
une God  shining  in  all  the  loveliness  of  mercy  and  grace 

Holy  and  divine  Spirit,  in  approaching  thy  sacred  ma- 
jesty, may  we  feel  the  necessity  of  thy  sanctifying  influ- 
ence upon  our  hearts.  Pour  upon  us,  we  beseech  thee, 
the  dew  of  thy  blessing,  that  our  petitions  to  the  throne 
of  the  heavenly  grace  may  be  offered  in  penitence  and 
faith,  in  earnestness  and  love,  that  answers  of  peace  may 
come  to  our  waiting  souls. 

Forbid,  0  Lord,  that  any  of  us  should  ever  grieve  the 
spirit  of  God,  whereby  we  are  sealed  unto  redemption,  or 
resist  his  gracious  influence,  but  may  our  souls  be  purified 
in  obeying  the  truth,  through  sanctification  of  the  spirit, 
until  in  our  words,  and  in  our  lives,  the  fruits  of  the  spirit 
are  manifested  in  love,  joy,  peace,  long-suflTering,  gentle- 
ness, goodness,  faith,  meekness  and  temperance. 

Pity,  we  beseech  thee,  our  friends  and  relatives  that  are 
Still  in  the  paths  of  sin  ;  open  their  minds  to  see  that  he 
that  soweth  to  the  flesh,  shall  of  the  flesh  reap  corruption, 
but  he  that  soweth  to  the  spirit,  shall  of  the  spirit  reap 
life  everlasting ;  and  may  they  fly  to  the  only  hope  set 
before  them  in  the  gospel,  the  wounds  of  a  crucified  Re- 
deemer. 

God  of  our  salvation,  who  makest  the  outgoings  of  the 
morning  and  evening  to  rejoice,  we  thank  thee  for  the  re- 
newal of  life  and  light;  as  thou  hast  been  our  shade  and 
defence  through  the  night,  be  our  sun  and  shield  through 
the  day,  and  save  us  for  Christ's  sake.   Amen!    Our,&c 


SOURCE  OF  WISDOIL 


ScconXi  j?riTja,D  iix  tije  i^ontl).     IBbcninjj. 


HYMN    47.        L.  M. 

Rockingham. 

To  us  the  voice  of  Wisdom  cries, 
"  Hearken,  ye  children,  and  be  wise  j 
Better  than  gold  the  fruit  I  bear, 
Rubies  with  me  may  not  compare. 
"  Happy  the  man  who   daily  waits 
To  he;ir  me  watching  at  my  gates ; 
Wretched  is  he  who  scorns  my  voice, 
iDeatli  and  destruction  are  his  choice. 
"  To  them  that  love  me  I  am  kind, 
And  those  who  seek  me  early,  fiuil ; 
My  son,  give  me  thine  heart,  and  learn 
Wisdom  from  folly  to  discern. 
"Mark  the  beginning  of  my  law, 
Fear  ye  the  Lord  with  sacred  awe  ; 
Mark  the  fulfilment  of  the  whole. 
Love  ye  the  Lord  with  all  yomr  soul." 


HYMN   48.        L.  M. 

Mendon. 
GOD,  in  the  gospel  of  his  Son, 
Makes  his  eternal  counsels  known  } 
'Tis  here  his  richest  mercy  shines. 
And  truth  is  drawn  in  fairest  lineS( 
Here  sinners  of  an  humble  frame 
May  taste  his  grace  and  learn  his  name ) 
*Tis  shown  in  characters  of  blood, 
Severely  just,  immensely  good. 
Here  Jesus,  in  ten  thousand  ways, 
His  soul-attracting  charms  displays  ! 
Recounts  his  poverty  and  pains, 
And  tells  his  love  in  melting  strains. 
Wisdom  its  dictates  here  imparts. 
To  form  our  minds,  to  cheer  our  hearts) 
Its  influence  makes  tlie  sinner  live, 
It  bids  the  drooping  saint  revive. 


Teacher.  Wisdom  is  the  principal  thing  ;  therefore 
get  wisdom  :  and  with  all  thy  getting  get  understanding. 
Prov.  iv.  7. 

Scholars.  For  wisdom  is  better  than  rubies  ;  and  all 
the  things  that  may  be  desired  are  not  to  be  compared  to 
it.     Prov.  viii.  11. 

Teach.  Exalt  her,  and  she  shall  promote  thee  :  she 
shall  bring  thee  to  honor,  when  thou  dost  embrace  her* 
She  shall  give  to  thy  head  an  ornament  of  grace  :  a  crown 
of  glory  shall  she  deliver  to  thee.     Prov.  iv.  8,  9. 

ScHOL.  If  any  of  you  lack  wisdom,  let  him  ask  of 
God,  that  giveth  to  all  men  liberally,  and  upbraideth  not ; 
and  it  shall  be  given  him.     James  i.  5. 

Teach.     The  Lord  giveth  wisdom  ;  out  of  his  mouth 
Cometh    knowledge   and  understanding  ;    he   layeth  up 
sound  wisdom  for  the  righteous.     Prov.  ii.  6,  7. 
9  97 


MANUAL    OF    DEVOTION. 


ScHOL.  For  God  giveth  to  a  man  that  is  good  in 
his  sight,  wisdom,  and  knowledge,  and  joy.     Eccl.  ii  2G. 

Tkach.  Behold,  the  fear  of  the  Lord,  that  is  wisdom  ; 
and  to  depart  from  evil  is  understanding.  Job.  xxviii. 
28. 

ScHOL.  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  to  hate  evil .  pride 
and  arrogancy,  and  the  evil  way,  and  the  froward  mouth, 
do  I  hate.     Prov.  vii.  13. 

Teach.  Counsel  is  mine,  and  sound  wisdom  :  I  am 
understanding;  I  have  strength.     Pi-ov.  vii.  14. 

ScHOL.  Evil  men  understand  not  judgment ;  but  they 
that  seek  the  Lord  understand  all  things.  Proverbs 
xxviii.  5. 

Teach.  Then  spake  Jesus  unto  them,  saying,  I  am 
the  light  of  the  world :  he  that  followeth  me,  shall  not 
walk  in  darkness,  but  shall  have  the  light  of  life.  John 
viii.  12. 

ScHOL.  Behold,  thou  desirest  truth  in  the  inward  part ; 
and  in  the  hidden  part  thou  shall  make  me  to  know  wis- 
dom.    Ps.  li.  6. 

Teach.  Good  and  upright  is  the  Lord,  therefore  will 
he  teach  sinners  in  the  way.     Ps.  xxv.  8. 

ScHOL.  He  will  teach  us  of  his  ways,  and  we  will 
walk  in  his  paths  ;  for  out  of  Zion  shall  go  forth  the  law, 
and  the  word  of  the  Lord  from  Jerusalem.     Is.  ii.  3. 

Teach,  Teach  me,  0  Lord,  the  way  of  thy  statutes  ; 
and  I  shall  keep  it  unto  the  end.     Ps.  cxix.  33. 

ScHOL.  I  will  instruct  thee,  and  teach  thee  in  the  way 
which  thou  shalt  go  ;  I  will  guide  thee  witli  mine  eye. 
Ps.  xxxii.  8. 

Teach.  Lead  me  in  thy  truth,  and  teach  me  ;  for 
thou  art  the  God  of  my  salvation.     Ps.  xxv.  5. 

ScHOL.  Teach  me  to  do  thy  will  ;  for  thou  art  my 
God  ;  thy  spirit  is  good  ;  lead  me  into  the  land  of  up- 
rightness.    Ps,  cxliii,  10, 

Teach.  My  son,  keep  my  words,  and  lay  up  my 
commandments  with  thee.     Prov.  vii.  1. 


SECOND    FRIDAY   IN    THE    MONTH.  99 

draper. 

Almightt  and  omnipresent  God,  whose  eyes  are  in 
every  place,  beholding  the  evil  and  the  good ;  we  adore 
thee  in  thy  omniscience,  and  with  the  Apostle  would  ex- 
claim, "  0  the  depth  of  the  riches  both  of  the  wisdom  and 
knowledge  of  God  !  how  unsearchable  are  his  judgments, 
and  his  ways  past  finding  out  I" 

Thou  art  the  only  wise  God  ;  with  thee  there  is  under- 
standing, thou  hast  strength.  We  are  fallen  creatures, 
with  darkened  understanding,  perverted  judgment,  and 
sensual  affections.  With  the  simplicity  of  children,  we 
come  to  thee  as  Solomon  did,  and  pray  for  wisdom  ;  Lord 
give  us  an  understanding  heart,  and  in  the  inward  part 
make  us  to  know  wisdom.  Open  our  eyes  that  we  may 
see  wondrous  things  in  thy  law  ;  and  while  we  feel  our 
lost  condition  by  nature,  give  us  to  see  the  rich  provision 
made  for  us  in  the  gospel  of  thy  Son,  even  the  hidden 
mystery  of  godliness,  God  manifested  in  the  flesh  for  the 
redemption  of  the  world. 

As  the  fear  of  the  Lord  is  the  beginning  of  wisdom, 
teach  us  thy  fear  ;  put  within  our  hearts  a  filial  fear  of  thee 
as  our  Father  and  God,  and  grant  that  fearing  and  loving 
thee,  we  may  keep  thy  commandments.  Most  merciful 
Father,  as  this  is  eternal  life,  to  know  thee  the  only  true 
God  and  Jesus  Christ  whom  thou  hast  sent,  shine  thou 
into  our  hearts,  and  give  us  the  light  of  the  knowledge  of 
the  glory  of  God  in  the  face  of  Jesus  Christ. 

Divine  Saviour!  thou  art  the  way,  the  truth,  and  the 
life.  No  man  knoweth  the  Father  but  the  Son,  and  he  to 
whomsoever  the  Son  will  reveal  him  ;  therefore  we  come 
to  thee,  and  beseech  thee  ;  show  us  the  Father,  even  as  a 
sin-pardoning  God  reconciling  the  world  unto  himself,  not 
imputing  their  trespasses  unto  them.  Thou  art  the  Christ, 
the  power  of  God  and  the  wisdom  of  God  ;  lead  us  in  thy 
truth,  and  teach  us,  for  thou  art  the  God  of  our  salvation 
Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy  name,  &c. 


FRUITS  OF   WISDOM, 


/Scconti  SaturtJaD  m  tljc  iWontl).    iJHorninfl- 


HYMN    49.        L.  M. 

Brooklyn. 
WISDOM  divine !  who  tells  the  price 
Of  wisdom's  costly  merchandise  ? 
Wisdom  to  silver  we  prefer, 
And  gold  is  dross  compared  to  her. 

Her  hands  are  fiUM  with  length  of  days, 
True  riches,  and  immortal  praise,— 
Riches  of  Christ  on  all  bestow'd. 
And  honor  tliat  descends  from  God. 

To  purest  joys  she  all  invites, — 
Chaste,  holy,  spiritual  delights  ; 
Her  waM  are  ways  of  pleasantness, 
And  all  her  flowery  paths  are  peace. 

Jappy  the  man  who  wisdom  gair.s ; 
I'hrice  happy,  who  his  guest  retains : 
He  owns,  and  shall  forever  own. 
Wisdom,  and  Christ,  and  heaven  are  one 


HYMN    50.        CM. 

Balerma. 
O  HAPPy  is  the  man  who  he.trs 

Religion's  warning  voice, 
And  who  celesii  d  wisdom  makes 

Kis  early,  only  choice. 

For  she  has  treasures  greater  far 
Than  east  or  west  unfold ; 

More  precious  are  her  bright  rewards 
Than  gems  or  stores  of  gold. 

Her  right  hand  offers  to  the  just 

Immortal,  happy  days ; 
Her  left  imperishable  wealth 

And  heavenly  crowns  displays. 

And  as  her  holy  labors  rise. 

So  her  rewards  increase  : 
Her  ways  are  ways  of  pleasantness, 

And  all  her  paths  ore  peace. 


Teacher.  My  son,  if  thou  wilt  receive  my  words, 
and  hide  my  commandments  with  thee  :  so  that  thou  in- 
cline thine  ear  unto  wisdom,  and  apply  thy  heart  to  un- 
derstanding ;  yea,  if  thou  criest  after  knowledge,  and 
liftest  up  thy  voice  for  understanding  ;  if  thou  seekest 
her  as  silver,  and  searchest  for  her  as  for  hid  treasures  ; 
then  shalt  thou  understand  the  fear  of  the  Lord,  and  find 
the  knowledge  of  God.     Prov.  ii.  1,  2,  3,  4,  5. 

Scholars.  For  the  Lord  giveth  wisdom  :  out  of  his 
mouth  Cometh  knowledge  and  understanding.  He  layeth 
up  sound  wisdom  for  the  righteous  :  he  is  a  buckler  to 
them  that  walk  uprightly.  He  keepeth  the  paths  of  judg- 
ment, and  preserveth  the  way  of  his  saints.  Prov.  ii. 
6,  7,  8. 

Teach.  Then  shalt  thou  understand  righteousness, 
100 


SECOND    SATURDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  lOl 

and  judgment,  and  equity  ;  yea,  every  good  path.    Pro  v. 
ii.  9. 

ScHOL.  When  wisdom  entereth  into  thy  heart,  and 
knowledge  is  pleasant  unto  thy  soul  ;  discretion  shall 
preserve  thee,  understanding  shall  keep  thee.  Prov.  ii. 
10,  11. 

Teach.  Happy  is  the  man  that  findeth  wisdom,  and 
the  man  that  getteth  understanding.     Prov.  iii.  13. 

ScHOL.  For  the  merchandise  of  it  is  better  than  the 
merchandise  of  silver,  and  the  gain  thereof  than  fine  gold. 
Prov.  iii.  14. 

Teach.  She  is  more  precious  than  rubies  ;  and  all 
the  things  thou  canst  desire  are  not  to  be  compared  unto 
her.     Prov.  iii.  15. 

ScHOL.  Length  of  days  is  in  her  right  hand ;  and  in 
her  left  hand  riches  and  honor.     Prov.  iii.  16. 

Teach.  Her  ways  are  ways  of  pleasantness,  and  all 
her  paths  are  peace.     Prov.  iii.  17. 

ScHOL.  She  is  a  tree  of  life  to  them  that  lay  hold 
upon  her  :  and  happy  is  every  one  that  retaineth  her. 
Prov.  iii.  18. 

Teach.  The  Lord  by  wisdom  hath  founded  the  earth  ; 
by  understanding  hath  he  established  the  heavens.  Prov. 
iii.  19. 

ScHOL.  By  his  knowledge  the  depths  are  broken  up, 
and  the  clouds  drop  down  the  dew.     Prov.  iii.  20. 

Teach.  My  son,  let  not  them  depart  from  thine  eyes  : 
keep  sound  wisdom  and  discretion.     Prov.  iii.  21. 

Schol.  So  shall  they  be  life  unto  thy  soul,  and  grace 
to  thy  neck.     Prov.  iii.  22. 

Teach.  Then  shalt  thou  walk  in  thy  way  safely,  and 
thy  foot  shall  not  stumble.     Prov.  iii.  23. 

Schol.  When  thou  liest  down,  thou  shalt  not  be 
afraid  :  yea,  thou  shalt  lie  down,  and  thy  sleep  shall  be 
sweet.     Prov.  iii.  24. 

Teach.     For  the  Lord  shall  be  thy  confidence,  and 
shall  keep  thy  foot  from  being  taken.     Prov.  iii.  26. 
9* 


102  MANUAL    OF    DEVOTION. 

Almighty  and  most  mercifvil  God,  we  adore  thee  as 
the  Father  of  lights,  with  whom  is  no  variableness  nor 
shafkfw  of  turning  ;  who  alone  hast  immortality,  dwelling 
in  the  light  which  no  man  can  approach  unto.  We  praise 
thee  for  the  light  of  reason,  though  darkened  by  the  Fall, 
and  for  the  light  of  conscience,  though  dimmed  by  sin ; 
we  bless  thee  for  the  light  of  revelation  in  which  thou  art 
made  known  as  a  God  of  love  and  mercy.  0  give  us  the 
light  of  thy  grace,  whereby  we  may  serve  thee  acceptably, 
t^ith  reverence  and  godly  fear  upon  earth  ;  and  grant,  we 
tj'eseech  thee,  that  we  may  be  made  partakers  of  the  light 
of  thy  glory  in  heaven. 

Holy  and  divine  Spirit,  thou  art  a  spirit  of  wisdom  ; 
thou  searchest  all  things,  even  the  deep  things  of  God. 
As  the  natural  man  receiveth  not  the  things  of  God,  nei- 
ther can  he  know  them,  because  they  are  spiritually  dis- 
cerned, do  thou  open  our  minds  to  receive  those  spiritual 
doctrines  which  are  taught  in  the  scriptures,  and  incline 
our  hearts  to  embrace  those  spiritual  blessings  which  are 
offered  in  the  gospel ;  and  may  the  word  of  Christ  dwell 
in  us  richly  in  all  wisdom. 

Blessed  Saviour,  thou  art  the  great  Teacher;  in  thee  are 
the  treasures  of  wisdom  and  knowledge.  We  would  be 
thy  disciples;  we  would  learn  of  thee  who  art  meek  and 
lowly  in  heart.  0  give  us  that  wisdom,  which  is  from 
above,  which  is  first  pure  then  peaceable,  gentle,  and  easy 
to  be  entreated,  full  of  mercy  and  good  fruits,  without 
partiality,  and  without  hypocrisy,  that  men  may  take 
knowledge  of  us  that  we  have  been  with  Jesus. 

Bless  us  and  direct  us  this  day,  in  our  studies  ;  may  we 
regard  all  human  learning  as  valuable,  only  as  it  leads  to 
the  knowledge  of  thee ;  and  as  the  wisdom  of  this  world 
passeth  away,  may  we  count  all  things  but  loss  for  the 
excellency  of  the  knowledge  of  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord, 
Amen  !     Our  Father   who  art  in  heaven,  &c. 


THE  HOLY   SCKIPTURES. 


SccontJ  SatuftiaD  in  tlje  faontt).    Hbcninfl. 


HYMN    51.        P.I 

IVilmot 
HOLY  Bible!  book  divine! 
Precious  treasure !  thou  an  mine ! 
Mine  to  tell  me  whence  I  came ; 
Mine,  to  teach  me  what  I  am. 

Mine,  to  chide  me  when  I  rove ; 
Mine,  to  show  a  Saviour's  love ; 
Mine  art  thou  to  guide  my  feet, 
Mine,  to  judge,  condemn,  acquit. 

Mine,  to  comfort  in  distress. 
If  the  Holy  Spirit  bless; 
Mine,  to  show  by  living  faith 
Man  can  triumph  over  deadi. 

Mine,  to  tell  of  joys  to  come. 
And  the  rebel  sinner's  doom  ; 
O  thou  precious  book  divine  ! 
Precious  treasure!  thou  art  mine  ! 


HYMN    52.        c.  SI. 

Conway, 
BEFORE  thy  mercy  seat,  O  Lord, 

Behold,  thy  seivants  stand, 
To  ask  the  knowledge  of  thy  word, 

The  guidance  of  thy  hand. 

Let  thy  eternal  truths,  we  pray, 
Dwell  richly  ii  each  heart ; 

That  from  the  safe  and  narrow  way 
We  never  may  depart. 

Lord,  from  thy  word  remove  tlie  seal, 

Unfold  its  hidden  store : 
And  aa  we  hear,  O  may  we  feel 

lis  value  more  and  more. 

Help  us  to  see  the  Saviour's  love 
Beaming  from  every  page  ; 

And  let  the  thouglits  of  joy  above 
Our  inmost  souls  engage. 


Teacher.  Search  the  Scriptures,  for  in  them  ye  think 
ye  have  eternal  Hfe  ;  and  they  are  they  which  testify  of 
me.     John  v.  39. 

Scholars.  The  Holy  Scriptures  are  able  to  make  thee 
wise  unto  salvation,  through  faith  wliich  is  in  Christ  Je- 
sus.    2  Tim.  iii.  15. 

Teach.  All  scripture  is  given  by  inspiration  of  God, 
and  is  profitable  for  doctrine,  for  reproof,  for  correction, 
for  instruction  in  righteousness.       2  Tim.  iii.  16. 

ScHOL.  That  the  man  of  God  may  be  perfect,  tho- 
roughly furnished  unto  all  good  works.    2  Tim.  iii.  17. 

Teach.  No  prophecy  of  the  scripture  is  of  any  pri- 
vate interpretation.  For  the  prophecy  came  not  in  old 
time  by  the  will  of  man  :  but  holy  men  of  God  spake  as 
they  were  moved  by  the  Holy  Ghost.     2  Pet.  i.  20. 

ScKOL.  Blessed  is  he  that  readeth,  and  they  that  hear 
103 


104  MAirtTAL     OF     DEVOTION'. 

the  words  of  this  prophecy,  and  keep  those  things  whicTi 
are  wi-itten  therein.     Rev.  i.  3. 

Teach.  For  the  word  of  God  is  quick,  and  powerful, 
and  sharper  tlian  any  two-edged  sword,  piercing  even  to 
the^ividing  asunder  of  soul  and  spirit,  and  of  the  joints 
and  marrow,  and  is  a  discerner  of  the  thoughts  and  in- 
tents of  the  heai't.     Heb.  iv.  12. 

ScHOL.  For  as  the  rain  cometh  down,  and  the  snow 
from  heaven,  and  retumeth  not  thither,  but  watereth  the 
earth,  and  maketh  it  bring  forth  and  bud,tliat  it  may  give 
seed  to  the  sower,  and  bread  to  the  eater  ;  so  shall  my 
word  be,  that  goeth  forth  out  of  my  mouth  ;  it  shall  not 
return  unto  me  void,  but  it  shall  accomplish  that  which  1 
please,  and  it  shall  prosper  in  the  thing  whereto  I  sent  it. 
Is.  Iv.  10,  11. 

Teach.  Thy  v^ord  is  a  lamp  unto  my  feet,  and  a  light 
unto  my  path.     Ps.  cxix.  105. 

ScHOL.  Every  word  of  God  is  pure  :  he  is  a  shield 
unto  them  that  put  their  trust  in  him.     Pro  v.  xxx.  5. 

Teach.  Thy  word  is  very  pure  :  therefore  thy  ser- 
vant loveth  it.     Ps.  cxix-.  140. 

ScHOL.  The  gi-ass  withereth,  the  flower  fadeth :  but 
the  word  of  our  God  sliall  stand  forever.     Isa.  vi.  8. 

Teach.  Thy  word  is  true  from  the  beginning;  and 
every  one  of  thy  righteous  judgments  endureth  forever. 
Ps.  cxix.  160. 

ScHOL.  This  book  of  the  law  shall  not  depart  out  of 
thy  mouth,  but  thou  shall  nieditate  therehi  day  and  night, 
that  thou  mayest  observe  to  do  according  to  all  that  is 
written  therein  :  For  then  thou  shall  make  thy  way  pros- 
perous, and  then  thou  shall  have  good  success.  Josh.  i.  8. 

Teach.  Unless  thy  law  had  been  my  delight,  I  should 
then  have  perished  in  mine  affliction.     Ps.  cxix.  92. 

ScHOL.  Blessed  is  the  man  that  walketh  not  in  the 
counsel  of  the  ungodly,  nor  standeth  in  the  way  of  sin- 
ners, nor  sitteth  in  the  seat  of  the  scornful.     Ps.  i.  1. 

Teach.  But  his  delight  is  in  the  law  of  the  Lord  ;  and 
in  his  law  doth  he  meditate  day  and  night.     Ps.  i.  2. 


SECOND    SATURDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  105 

33  rawer. 

Almighty  God,  our  heavenly  Father,  we  bless  thee  for 
thy  goodness  in  our  creation,  for  thy  mercy  in  our  pre- 
servation, and  for  thy  matchless  love  in  our  redemption. 
We  thank  thee  for  the  ordinances  of  religion,  and  for  aJl 
the  means  of  grace  with  which  Uiou  hast  favored  us.  We 
bless  and  give  thanks  unto  thee  for  the  volume  of  inspira- 
tion in  which  thou  hast  made  a  revelation  of  thy  will ;  we 
praise  thee  that  whatsoever  things  were  written  aforetime, 
were  written  for  our  learning,  that  we  through  patience 
and  comfort  of  the  Scriptures  might  have  hope.  Make  us 
sensible  that  all  scripture  is  given  by  inspiration  of  God, 
and  is  profitable  for  doctrine,  for  reproof,  for  correction, 
and  for  instruction  in  righteovisness  ;  and  grant  that  we 
may  prove  by  blessed  experience,  that  the  Holy  Scriptures 
are  able  to  make  us  wise  unto  salvation,  through  faith 
which  is  in  Christ  Jesus. 

Inspire  our  hearts  with  increasing  veneration  for  thy 
word;  may  we  reverence  its  mysteries,  admire  its  doc- 
trines, and  obey  its  precepts.  Amid  the  darkness  of  our 
earthly  pilgrimage,  may  it  be  a  lamp  unto  our  feet^  and  a 
light  unto  our  path  ;  in  the  perplexities  of  life  may  it  be 
the  man  of  our  counsel;  amid  the  cares  and  discourage- 
ments of  our  terrestrial  estate,  may  its  exceeding  great  and 
precious  promises  be  the  comfort  of  our  souls;  and  in  all 
the  chances  and  changes  of  this  mortal  life,  may  its  ever- 
lasting truths  be  as  an  anchor  both  sure  and  steadfast,  and 
that  entereth  within  the  veil. 

Accompany  thy  word  this  day,  wherever  it  is  read  or 
preached,  with  the  divine  energy  of  its  author,  and  grant 
that  it  may  be  both  quick  and  powerful — quick  to  impart 
spiritual  life,  and  powerful  to  subdue  and  destroy  the  cor- 
ruptions of  our  sinful  nature.  Fill  with  the  Holy  Ghost 
those  engaged  in  its  study,  bless  the  missionary  who  bears 
its  light  and  truth  to  the  benighted  heathen,  and  fill  the 
whole  earth  with  the  knowledge  of  the  Lord.     Our,  &c. 


THE  TEN    COMMAKDMENTS. 


a:t)irtJ  SunUa.!)  in  t!)e  piontf).     ittorntiifl. 


H  Y  M  N     53.  CM.  H  Y  M  N     54.        s.  M. 

Dedham.  Watchman. 

THY  law  is  perfect,  Lord  of  light ;  HOW  perfect  k  thy  word. 
Thy  tesliraonies  sure;  Thy  judgments  all  are  just: 

The  statutes  of  thy  realm  are  ri^ht.  And  ever  in  thy  promise,  Lord, 
And  thy  commandments  pure.  May  man  securely  uust. 

Let  these,  O  God,  my  soul  convert,  1  hear  thy  word  in  love  ;— 
And  make  thy  servant  wise ;  In  faith  thy  word  obey  ; 

Let  these  be  gladness  to  my  ears—  O  send  thy  Spirit  from  above, 
The  dayspring  to  mine  eyes.  To  teaeh  me.  Lord,  thy  way. 

By  these  may  I  be  warn'^d  betimes;  Thy  counsels  all  are  plain, 

Who  knows  the  guile  within  ?  Thy  precepts  all  are  pure  ; 

Lord,  save  me  from  presumptuous  crimes-.  And  long  as  heaves  and  earth  remaia^ 

Cleanse  me  from  secret  sm.  Thy  tr-jib  shall  still  endiire. 

So  may  the  words  ray  lips  express, —  O  may  my  soul,  with  joy, 

The  thoughis  that  throng  my  mW,—  Trust  in  thy  faithful  word  , 

O  Lord,  my  strength  and  righteousness.  Be  it  through  life  my  glad  employ. 

With  thee  acceptance  find.  To  keep  thy  precepts.  Lord. 

Teacher.  God  spake  these  words,  and  said,  I  am  the 
Loi'd  thy  God  :  Thou  shalt  have  none  other  gods  but 
me.     Exod.  xx.  1,  2,  3. 

Scholars.  Lord,  have  mercy  upon  us,  and  give  us 
grace  to  keep  this  law. 

Teach.  Thou  shalt  not  make  to  thyself  any  graven 
image,  nor  the  likeness  of  any  thing  that  is  in  heaven 
above,  or  in  the  earth  beneath,  or  in  the  water  under  the 
earth.  Thou  shalt  not  bow  down  to  them,  nor  worship 
them  :  For  I,  the  Lord  thy  God  am  a  jealous  God  ;  and 
visit  the  sins  of  the  fathers  upon  the  children,  unto  the 
third  and  fourth  generation  of  them  that  hate  me  ;  and 
show  mei-cy  unto  thousands  of  them  that  love  me,  and 
keep   my  commandments.     Exod.  xx.  4,  5,  6. 

ScHOL.  Lord,  have  mercy  upon  us,  and  give  us  grace 
to  keep  this  law. 

106 


THIRD  SUNDAY  IN  THE  MONTH.        107 

Teach.  Thou  shall  not  take  the  name  of  the  Lord 
thy  God  in  vein  :  For  the  Lord  will  not  hold  him  guilt- 
less that  taketh  his  name  in  vain.     Exod.  xx.  7. 

ScHOL,  Lord,  have  mercy  upon  us,  and  give  u,s  grace 
to  keep  this  law. 

Teach.  Remember  that  thou  keep  holy  the  Sabbath- 
day.  Six  days  shalt  thou  labor,  and  do  all  that  thou 
hast  to  do  ;  but  the  seventh  day  is  the  Sabbath  of  the 
Lord  thy  God.  In  it  thou  shalt  do  no  manner  of  work  ; 
thou,  and  thy  son,  and  thy  daughter,  thy  man-servant, 
and  thy  maid-servant,  thy  cattle,  and  the  stranger  that  is 
within  thy  gates.  For  in  six  days  the  Lord  made  heaven 
and  earth,  the  sea,  and  all  that  in  them  is,  and  rested  the 
seventh  day  ;  wherefore  the  Lord  blessed  the  seventh  day 
and  hallowed  it.     Exod.  xx.  8,  9,  10,  11. 

ScHOL.  Lord,  have  mercy  upon  us,  and  give  us  grace 
to  keep  this  law. 

Teach.  Honor  thy  father  and  thy  mother  ;  that  thy 
days  may  be  long  in  the  land  which  the  Lord  thy  God 
giveththee.     Exod.  xx.  12. 

Schol,     Lord,  have  mercy  upon  us,  &c. 

Teach.     Thou  shalt  not  kill.     Exod.  xx.  13. 

Schol.     Lord,  have  mercy  upon  us,  &c. 

Teach.  Thou  shalt  not  commit  adultery.  Exod.  xx. 
14. 

Schol.     Lord,  have  mercy  upon  us,  &c. 

Teach.     Thou  shalt  not  steal.     Exod,  xx.  15, 

Schol,     Lord,  have  mercy  upon  us,  &c. 

Teach.  Thou  shalt  not  bear  false  witness  against  thy 
neighbor.     Exod.  xx.  16. 

Schol.     Lord,  have  mercy  upon  us,  &c. 

Teach.  Thou  shalt  not  covet  thy  neighbor's  house, 
thou  shalt  not  covet  thy  neighbor's  wife,  nor  his  ser- 
vant, nor  his  maid,  nor  his  ox,  nor  his  ass,  nor  any  thing 
that  is  his.     Exod.  xx.    17. 

Schol.  Lord,  have  mercy  upon  us,  and  write  all 
these  thy  laws  in  our  hearts,  we  beseech  thee. 


t08  MANUAL    OF    DEV0TI05. 

0  Lord  of  hosts,  God  of  Israel,  that  dwellest  between 
the  Cherubim  ;  there  is  no  God  beside  thee.  We  adore 
thee  as  the  one  true  God.  Thou  art  the  God,  even  thou 
alone,  of  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth;  for  thou  hast  made 
the  heavens  and  the  earth,  and  the  inhabitants  thereof. 

Thou  hast  established  thy  throne  in  the  heavens,  and 
thy  kingdom  ruleth  over  all.  We  bless  thee  that  justice 
and  judgment  are  the  habitation  of  thy  throne,  and  that 
thy  law  is  holy,  just  and  good ;  in  accordance  with  the 
divine  attributes,  and  the  nature  and  necessities  of  man. 
Yet  we  have  to  confess,  0  Lord  our  God,  other  lords  have 
had  dominion  over  us,  and  that  we  have  loved  the  creature 
more  than  the  Creator.  Pardon  our  past  folly  and  sinful- 
ness, and  open  our  eyes  to  behold  the  Lord  our  God  in 
all  the  majesty  and  glory  of  his  attributes,  that  knowing 
him,  we  may  reverence  his  character,  love  his  excellence, 
and  keep  his  commandments. 

Forbid  that  we  should  take  the  name  of  the  Lord  our 
God  in  vain,  but  give  us,  we  beseech  thee,  a  profound 
veneration  for  it,  and  for  evei-y  tnmg  on  which  it  is  en- 
stamped — for  thy  revealed  wora,  f'or  thy  blessed  sacra- 
ments, and  for  the  temple  wherein  thou  hast  recorded  thy 
name,  and  where  thine  honor  dwelleth.  May  we  ever 
remember  the  Sabbath  day,  to  keep  it  holy;  may  we  call 
it  a  delight,  the  holy  of  the  Lord  honorable.  Give  us 
grace  suitably  to  honor  our  father  and  our  mother ;  make 
us  subject  to  all  in  authority  over  us,  respectful  to  our  su- 
periors, and  meek,  gentle,  courteous  and  affable  unto  all 
men.  Purge  our  hearts  from  enxy,  hatred  and  malice, 
and  from  all  impure  and  inordinate  desires  ;  and  keep  us 
from  all  injustice,  evil-speaking  and  covetousness,  that  we 
may  be  blameless  and  harmless,  the  sons  of  God  without 
rebuke;  and  grant,  oh  Lord,  that  we  may  cherish  in  our 
hearts,  and  exhibit  in  our  lives,  the  principles  both  of  the 
law  and  the  prophets,  by  loving  the  Lord  our  God  with 
all  our  heart,  and  our  neighbor  as  ourselves.    Amen! 


BLESSINGS  OF  OBEDIENCE. 


ZWO  SuntiaA?  in  ti)e  ^ontt).    SEbening. 

H  Y  M  N    55.         CM.  H  Y  M  N    56.  c.  M. 

EgremonU  Germany. 

O  THAT  the  Lord  would  guide  my  ways,  LORD,  I  esteem  thy  judgments  right, 

To  keep  his  statutes  still !  Aod  all  thy  statutes  just ; 

O  that  my  God  would  grant  me  grace,  Thence  I  maintain  a  constant  fight 

To  know  and  do  his  will.  With  ev'ry  flait'ring  lust. 

O  send  thy  Spirit  down— to  write  Thy  precepts  often  I  survey  ; 

Thy  law  upon  ray  heart !  I  keep  thy  law  in  sight, 

Nor  let  ray  tongue  indulge  deceit,  Through  all  the  business  of  the  day. 

Nor  act  the  liar's  part.  To  form  my  actions  right. 

From  vanity  turn  off  my  eyes ;  My  heart,  in  midnight  silence  criee, 

Let  no  corrupt  dreign,  '  How  sweet  Iby  comforia  be  !' 

Nor  covetous  desires,  arise  My  thoughts  in  holy  wonder  rise, 

Within  this  soul  of  mine.  And  bring  their  thanks  to  thee. 

Older  my  footsteps  by  thy  word.  And  when  my  spir  t  drinks  her  fill. 

And  make  my  heart  sincere :  At  some  good  word  of  thine, 

Let  sin  have  no  dominion,  Lord;  Not  mighty  men,  that  share  the  epoO, 

But  keep  my  conscience  clear.  Have  joys  conipar'd  to  mine. 

Teacher.  And  it  shall  come  to  pa.ss,  if  thou  shalt 
hearken  diligently  unto  the  voice  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  to 
observe  and  to  do  all  his  commandments  which  I  com- 
mand thee  this  day :  that  the  Lord  thy  God  will  set  thee 
on  high  above  all  nations  of  the  earth.      Deut.  xxviii.  1. 

Scholars.  And  all  these  blessings  shall  come  on  thee, 
and  overtake  thee,  if  thou  shalt  hearken  unto  ihe  voice 
of  the  Lord  thy  God.     Deut.  xxviii.  2. 

Teach.  Blessed  shalt  thou  be  in  the  city,  and  blessed 
shalt  thou  be  in  the  field.     Deut.  xxviii.  3. 

ScHOL,  Blessed  shall  be  the  fruit  of  thy  body,  and 
the  fruit  of  thy  ground,  and  the  fruit  of  thy  cattle,  the 
increase  of  thy  kine,  and  the  flocks  of  thy  sheep.  Deut.. 
xxviii.  4. 

Teach.  Blessed  shall  be  thy  basket  and  thy  storOi- 
Deut.  xxviii.  5. 

10  109 


110  MANUAL     OF     DETOTION. 

ScKOL.  Blessed  shalt  thou  be  when  thou  comest  in, 
and  blessed  shalt  thou  be  when  thou  goest  out.  Deut. 
xxviii.  6. 

Teach.  The  Lord  shall  cause  thine  enemies  that  rise 
up  against  thee  to  be  smitten  before  thy  face  :  they  shall 
come  out  against  thee  one  way,  and  flee  before  thee  seven 
ways.     Deut.  xxviii.  7. 

ScHOL.  The  Lord  shall  command  the  blessing  upon 
thee  in  thy  store-houses,  and  in  all  that  thou  settest  thy 
hand  unto  :  and  he  shall  bless  thee  in  the  land  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee.      Deut.  xxviii.  8. 

Teach.  The  Lord  shall  establish  thee  a  holy  people 
unto  himself,  as  he  hath  sworn  unto  thee,  if  thou  shalt 
keep  the  commandments  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  walk 
in  his  ways.     Deut,  xxviii.  9. 

ScHOL.  And  all  people  of  the  earth  shall  see  that  thou 
art  called  by  the  name  of  the  Lord  ;  and  they  shall  be 
afraid  of  thee.     Deut.  xxviii.  10. 

Teach.  And  the  Lord  shall  make  thee  plenteous  in 
goods,  in  the  fruit  of  thy  body,  and  in  the  fruit  of  thy 
cattle,  and  in  the  fruit  of  thy  ground,  in  the  land  which 
the  Lord  sware  unto  thy  fathers  to  give  thee.  Deut. 
xxviii.  IL 

ScHOL.  The  Lord  shall  open  unto  thee  his  good  trea- 
sure, the  heaven  to  give  the  rain  unto  thy  land  in  his 
season,  and  to  bless  all  the  work  of  thy  hand  :  and  thou 
shalt  lend  unto  many  nations,  and  thou  shalt  not  borrow. 
Deut.  xxviii.  12. 

Teach.  And  the  Lord  shall  make  thee  the  head,  and 
not  the  tail  ;  and  thou  shalt  be  above  only,  and  thou  shalt 
not  be  beneath  ;  if  that  thou  hearken  unto  the  command- 
ments of  the  Lord  thy  God,  which  I  command  thee  this 
day,  to  observe  and  to  do  them.     Deut.  xxviii.  13. 

ScHOL.  And  thou  shalt  not  go  aside  from  any  of  the 
words  which  I  command  thee  this  day,  to  the  right  hand 
or  to  the  left,  to  go  after  other  gods  to  serve  them.  Deut. 
xxviii.  14. 


THIRD   SUNDAY   IN   THE    MONTH.  Ill 

Almighty  and  eternal  Jehovah,  maker  of  heaven  and 
earth  :  thou  art  the  blessed  and  only  Potentate,  the  King 
of  kings,  and  Lord  of  lords,  God  over  all,  blessed  forever. 
Thou  art  our  rightful  legislator  and  ruler ;  for  thou  art  en- 
titled to  the  love  and  obedience  of  all  the  intelligences  thou 
hast  formed.  We  thank  thee  for  the  divine  precepts  which 
thou  hast  given  us,  and  for  all  the  blessings  which  our  land 
and  nation,  and  the  world  at  large,  have  derived  from  tliera 
wherever  they  have  prevailed.  We  praise  and  give  thanks 
unto  thee,  for  the  saving  influences  of  the  gospel,  and  its 
precious  ordinances.  Extend  the  knowledge  of  thy  law, 
and  the  invitations  of  the  gospel  to  the  uttermost  parts  of 
the  earth,  and  hasten  the  day  when  the  kingdoms  of  this 
world  shall  become  the  kingdoms  of  the  Lord  and  of  his 
Christ. 

We  come  before  thee,  our  Father  and  our  God,  under  a 
sense  of  our  unworthiness,  and  acknowledging  our  mani- 
fold transgressions  of  thy  righteous  laws ;  for  the  carnal 
mind  is  enmity  towards  God  ;  it  is  not  subject  to  the  law 
of  God,  neither  indeed  can  be.  Pardon  our  past  offences, 
most  merciful  God,  and  write  thy  laws,  we  beseech  thee, 
upon  the  table  of  our  hearts.  Teach  us  to  love  them  be- 
cause they  are  righteous  and  holy,  more  to  be  desired  than 
gold,  yea  than  much  fine  gold ;  sweeter  than  honey  and 
the  honey-comb. 

Holy  and  gracious  Spirit,  impart  thy  saving  influences 
to  enlighten  our  minds,  and  to  direct  and  sanctify  both  oiir 
hearts  and  bodies  in  the  ways  of  thy  law  and  in  the  works 
of  thy  commandments ;  and  grant  that  while,  with  filial 
love,  we  yield  obedience  to  the  precepts  of  our  heavenly 
Father,  we  may  regard  them,  not  as  a  covenant  of  works, 
but  as  a  rule  of  life  in  the  hands  of  a  Mediator,  through 
whom  alone  we  are  to  expect  pardon  and  acceptance;  and 
may  we  find  that  in  keeping  of  them  there  is  great  reward, 
even  thy  favor  in  time,  and  thy  salvation  in  eternity. 


REPENTANCE. 


2:f)irtJ  i^^rtontiaw  m  tlje  fHontl).     iHormnfl. 


HYMN    57.     p.  M. 

Hotham. 
SINNERS,  turn;  why  will  ye  die? 
God,  your  Maker,  asks  you  why  7 
God,  who  did  your  being  give, 
Made  you  for  himself  to  live; 

He  the  fatal  cause  demands ; 
Asks  the  work  of  his  own  hands,— 
Why,  ye  thankless  creatures,  why 
Will  ye  cross  his  love  and  die  7 

Sinners,  turn ;  why  will  ye  die  1 
God,  your  Saviour,  asks  you  why  7 
He,  who  did  your  souls  retrieve, 
Died  himself,  that  ye  might  live. 

Will  ye  let  him  die  in  vain? 
Crucify  your  Lord  again? 
Why,  ye  ransora'd  sinners,  why 
Will  ye  slight  his  grace,  ami  die. 


HYMN    58.     P.  M. 

Otlo. 
SINNERS,  turn,  while  God  is  near ; 
Dale  not  think  him  insincere : 
Now,  e'en  now,  your  Saviour  stands; 
All  day  long  he  spreads  his  hands; 

Cries,— Ye  will  not  happy  be ; 
No,  ye  will  not  come  to  me,— 
Me  who  life  to  none  deny : 
Why  will  ye  resolve  to  die  ? 

Turn,  he  cries,  ye  sinners,  turn: 
By  his  life,  your  God  hath  sworn 
He  would  have  you  turn  and  live; 
He  would  all  the  world  receive. 

If  your  death  were  his  delight, 
Would  he  you  to  life  invite? 
Would  he  ask,  beseech  and  cry,— 
Why  will  ye  resolve  to  die? 


Teacher.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  Hosts,  turn  ye 
unto  me,  and  I  will  turn  unto  you.     Zech.  i.  3. 

Scholars,  If  ye  do  return  unto  the  Lord  with  all 
your  hearts,  and  prepare  your  hearts  unto  the  Lord,  and 
serve  him  only,  he  will  deliver  you.     1  Sam.  vii.  3. 

Teach.  For  I  have  no  pleasure  in  the  death  of  him 
that  dieth,  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  wherefore  turn  your- 
selves, and  live  ye.     Ezek.  xviii.  32. 

ScHOL.  Repent,  and  turn  yourselves  from  all  your 
transgressions,  so  iniquity  shall  not  be  your  ruin.  Ezek. 
xviii.  30. 

Teach.  Therefore  also  now,  saith  the  Lord,  turn  ye, 
even  to  me  with  all  your  heart,  and  with  fasting,  and 
with  weeping,  and  with  mourning.     Joel  ii.  12. 

ScHOL.  Let  the  wicked  forsake  his  way,  and  the  un- 
righteous man  his  thoughts  ;  and  let  him  return  unto  the 
112 


THIRD  MONDAY  IN  THE   MONTH.  113 

Lord,  and  he  will  have  mercy  upon  him,  and  to  our  God, 
for  he  will  abundantly  pardon.     Isa.  Iv.  7. 

Teach.  As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  I  have  no 
pleasure  in  the  death  of  the  wicked,  but  that  the  wicked 
turn  from  his  way  and  live.  Turn  ye,  turn  ye  from  your 
evil  ways,  for  why  will  ye  die,  0  house  of  Israel.  Ezek. 
xxxiii.  11. 

ScHOL.  If  the  wicked  will  turn  from  all  his  sins  that 
he  hath  committed,  and  keep  all  my  statutes,  and  do  that 
which  is  lawful  and  ri,2:ht,  he  shall  surely  live,  he  shall 
not  die.     Ezek.  xviii.  21. 

Teach.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  behold,  I  frame  evil 
against  you,  and  devise  a  device  against  you  ;  return  ye 
now  every  one  from  his  evil  way,  and  make  your  ways 
and  your  doings  good.     Jer.  xviii.  11. 

ScHOL.  Come  and  let  us  return  unto  the  Lord,  for  he 
hath  torn,  and  he  will  heal  us,  he  hath  smitten,  and  he 
will  bind  us  up.     Hos.  vi.  1. 

Teach.  0  Israel,  return  unto  the  Lord  thy  God,  for 
thou  hast  fallen  by  thine  iniquity,  take  with  you  words, 
and  turn  to  the  Lord,  say  unto  him,  take  away  all  ini- 
quity, and  receive  us  graciously.     Hos.  xiv.  1,  2. 

ScHOL.  Turn  us,  0  God  of  our  salvation,  and  cause 
thine  anger  towards  us  to  cease.     Ps.  Ixxxv.  4. 

Teach.  I  will  heal  their  backsliding,  I  will  love  them 
freely,  for  mine  anger  is  turned  away  from  him.  Hos. 
xvi.  4. 

ScHOL.  The  times  of  this  ignorance  God  winked  at, 
but  now  commandeth  all  men  every  where,  to  repent. 
Acts  xvii.  30. 

Teach.  Repent,  and  be  baptized,  every  one  of  you, 
in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ,  for  the  remission  of  sins, 
and  ye  shall  receive  the  gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  Acts 
ii.  38. 

Schol.  Repent  therefore  of  this  thy  wickedness,  and 
pray  God,  if  perhaps  the  thought  of  thine  heart  may  be 
forgiven  thee.    Acts  viii.  22. 

^  10* 


114  MANUAL    OF   DEVOTIOK. 

Almighty  and  eternal  Jehovah,  the  great  and  dreadful 
God,  keeping  covenant  with  those  that  obey  thy  com- 
mandments ;  we  bless  thee,  that  thou  art  also  tlie  Lord 
God,  merciful  and  gracious,  long-suffering,  and  abundant 
in  goodness  and  truth,  keeping  mercy  for  thousands,  for- 
giving iniquity,  transgression  and  sin.  We  would  confess 
our  unworthiness  before  thee,  for  we  have  all  sinned  and 
have  committed  iniquity,  and  have  done  wickedly,  and 
have  rebelled,  even  by  departing  from  thy  precepts  and 
thy  judgments.  Righteousness  belongeth,  0  Lord,  unto 
thee,  but  unto  us  confusion  of  faces,  because  of  the  tres- 
passes wherewith  we  have  trespassed  against  thee. 

We  praise  thee,  that  although  we  have  sinned  against 
thee,  Christ  has  died  for  our  sins,  and  has  been  exalted  as 
a  Prince  and  a  Saviour,  to  give  repentance  unto  Israel  and 
remission  of  sins.  Give  us,  therefore,  we  beseech  thee,  a 
penitent  sense  of  all  our  sins,  the  follies  of  our  childhood, 
and  the  transgressions  of  our  riper  years,  and  may  we 
mourn  over  them  with  that  godly  sorrow  which  worketh 
repentance  unto  salvation. 

To  the  Lord  our  God  belong  mercies  and  forgiveness, 
though  we  have  rebelled  against  him,  and  have  not  obeyed 
the  voice  of  the  Lord  our  God  to  walk  in  his  ways,  and 
to  observe  his  laws;  therefore,  0  Lord,  we  come  before 
thee  and  beseech  thee  for  all  thy  righteousness,  let  thine 
anger  be  turned  away,  pardon  our  sins,  and  lift  upon  us 
the  light  of  thy  reconciled  countenance  and  give  us  peace. 
0  Lord,  incline  thine  ear,  and  hearken  to  the  prayer  of 
thy  servants  and  their  supplications,  which  we  do  not 
present  before  thee  for  our  righteousness,  but  for  thy  great 
mercies  in  Christ  Jesus ;  hear  us,  0  Lord,  and  forgive  us 
through  the  merits  and  mediation  of  thy  Son  our  Re- 
deemer. Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy 
nome  :  thy  kingdom  come:  thy  will  be  done  in  earth  as  it 
is  in  heaven:  give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread:  &c. 


NATURE    OF   FAITH. 


mjiVO  ^ontJau  fn  tlje  ^Hontlj.     Hucninfl. 


HYMN    59 .     s.  w 

Flint. 
FAITH— 'tis  a  preci  us  gift, 

Where'er  il  is  bestowed  ; 
It  boasts  a  high  celestial  birth, 

And  is  ihe  gift  of  God. 

Jeans  it  owns  as  King, 

Anil  all-atoning  Priest ; 
It  claims  I'.o  merit  of  its  own, 

But  looks  for  all  in  Christ. 

To  him  it  leads  the  soul, 
When  fil'ed  with  deep  distress: 

Flies  to  the  foumain  of  his  blood. 
And  trusts  his  righieoiisness. 

Since  'lis  thy  work  alone. 

And  that  divinely  free, 
Lord,  send  the  Spirit  of  thy  Son 

To  work  tliis  t'iiith  in  me. 


H  YMN    60.     c.  M. 

Woodland. 
MISTAKEN  souls!  that  drearn  of  heaven, 

And  make  their  empty  bo;\st 
Of  inward  joys,  and  sins  forgiven, 

While  lliey  are  slaves  to  lust. 

Vain  are  our  fancies,  airy  flighlj. 

If  faith  be  cold  and  dead  ; 
None  but  a  living  power  unitra 

To  Christ,  the  living  Head. 

Tis  fnith  ihat  changes  all  the  heart, 

'Tis  faith  that  works  by  love, 
That  bids  all  sinful  joys  depart, 

And  lifts  the  thoughts  above. 

'Tis  faith  that  conquers  earth  and  heJl, 

By  a  celestial  power  ; 
This  is  the  grace  that  shall  prevail 

In  the  decisive  hour. 


Teacher.  Without  faith  it  is  impossible  to  please 
God.     Heb.  xi.  6. 

Scholars.  By  grace  are  ye  saved,  through  faith  ;  and 
that  not  of  y<^urselves  ;  it  is  the  gift  of  God.     Eph,  ii.  8. 

Teach.  We  having  the  same  spirit  of  faith,  accord- 
ing as  it  is  written,  I  believed,  and  therefore  have  I  spo- 
ken ;  we  also  believe,  and  therefore  .speak.    2  Cor.  iv.  13. 

ScHOL.  The  scripture  hath  concluded  all  under  sin, 
that  the  promise  by  faith  of  Jesus  Christ,  might  be  given 
to  them  that  believe.     Gal.  iii.  22. 

Teach.  Christ  hath  redeemed  us  from  the  curse  of 
the  law  ;  that  we  might  receive  the  promise  of  the  Spirit 
through  faith.     Gal.  iii.  13,  14. 

ScHOL.  We  through  the  spiiit  wait  for  the  hope  of 
righteousness  by  faith.     Gal.  v.  5. 

Teach.  Continue  in  the  faith,  grounded  and  settled,  and 
115 


116  MANUAL    OP   DEVOTION. 


be  not  moved  away  from  the  hope  of  the  gospel,  which 
ye  have  heard.     Col.  i.  23. 

ScHOL.  Let  us  run  with  patience  the  race  that  is  set 
before  us,  looking  unto  Jesus,  the  author  and  finisher  of 
our  fiiith  ;  who  for  the  joy  that  was  set  before  him,  en- 
dured the  cross,  despising  the  shame,  and  is  set  down  at 
the  right  hand  of  the  throne  of  God.     Heb.  xii.  1,  2. 

Teach.  Till  we  all  come  in  the  unity  of  the  faith,  and 
of  the  knowledge  of  the  Son  of  God,  unto  a  perfect  man, 
unto  the  measure  of  the  stature  of  the  fulness  of  Christ. 
Eph.  iv.  13. 

ScHOL.  The  law  was  our  schoolmaster  to  bring  us  unto 
Christ,  that  we  might  be  justified  by  faith.     Gal.  iii.  24. 

Teach.  But  that  no  man  is  justified  by  the  law  in  the 
sight  of  God,  it  is  evident:  for.  The  just  shall  live  by 
faith.     Gal.  iii.  11. 

ScHOL.  Being  justified  by  faith,  we  have  peace  with 
God  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.     Rom.  v.  1. 

Teach.  Whom  God  hath  set  forth  to  be  a  propitiation 
through  faith  in  his  blood,  to  declare  his  righteousness  for 
the  i-emission  of  sins  that  are  past,  through  the  forbear- 
ance of  God.     Rom.  iii.  25. 

ScHOL.  He  that  believeth  and  is  baptized,  shall  be 
saved  ;  but  he  that  believeth  not,  shall  be  damned.  Mark 
xvi.  16. 

Teach.  Whosoever  believeth  that  Jesus  is  the  Christ, 
is  born  of  God  :  and  every  one  that  loveih  him  that  begat, 
loveth  him  also  that  is  begotten  of  him.     1  John  v.  1. 

Schol.  For  whatsoever  is  born  of  God,  overcometh 
the  world  :  and  this  is  the  victory  that  overcometh  the 
world,  even  our  faith.  Who  is  he  that  overcometh  the 
world,  but  he  that  believeth  that  Jesus  is  the  Sun  of  God.' 
1  John  v.  4,  5. 

Teach.  As  ye  have  therefore  received  Christ  Jesus 
the  Lord,  so  walk  ye  in  him  :  rooted  and  built  up  in  him, 
and  established  in  the  faith,  as  ye  have  been  taught, 
abounding  therein  with  thanksgiving.     Coloss.  ii.  6,  7. 


THIRD   MOXDAV    IN    THE    MONTH.  117 


leaser. 

Father  of  all  our  mercies  and  God  of  all  grace,  we 
would  assemble  around  the  altar  of  prayer,  and  offer  up 
our  evening  sacrifice  of  thanksgiving  and  praise  for  the 
blessings  of  the  day,  and  for  the  loving-kindness  and  ten- 
der mercy  that  have  crowned  our  past  existence.  For  all 
thy  benefits  make  us  unfeignedly  thankful,  and  may  we 
evince  our  love  and  gratitude  by  walking  in  thy  v.aysand 
keeping  thy  commandments. 

Almighty  and  eternal  Jehovah,  thou  art  a  Spirit,  and 
they  who  would  worship  thee,  must  wonship  thee  in  spirit 
and  in  truth.  As  faith  is  the  principle  and  means  of  edl 
vital  godliness,  give  us  that  faith  without  which  it  is  im- 
possible to  please  God — the  faith  which  is  the  substance 
of  things  hoped  for,  the  evidence  of  things  not  seen — the 
faith  which  works  by  love,  which  purifie-s  the  heart,  and 
is  productive  of  good  works. 

0  Lord,  in  coming  before  thee,  this  evening,  we  desire 
to  draw  near  with  a  true  heart,  and  in  full  assurance  of 
faith.  Give  us  a  living  faith  in  thee  ;  faith  in  thy  love, 
faith  in  thy  providence,  faith  in  thy  word,  and  in  its  pre- 
cious promises,  that  we  may  commit  the  keeping  of  our 
souls  unto  thee  in  well  doing,  as  unto  a  fdithful  Creator. 

Make  us,  0  Lord,  we  beseech  thee,  rich  in  faith ;  make 
us  strong  in  faith  ;  may  we  live  by  faith  ;  may  we  walk 
by  faith  and  not  by  sight ;  and  may  we  add  to  our  faith 
virtue,  and  to  virtue  knowledge,  and  to  knowledge  tem- 
perance, and  to  temperance  patience,  and  to  patience  god- 
liness, and  to  godliness  brotherly  kindness,  and  to  broth- 
erly kindness  charity,  looking  unto  Jesus,  the  author  and 
finisher  of  our  faith,  till  we  all  come  in  the  unity  of  the 
faith,  and  of  the  knowledge  of  the  Son  of  God,  unto  a  per- 
fect man,  unto  the  measure  of  the  stature  of  the  fulness  of 
Christ.  Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy 
name:  thy  kingdom  come:  thy  will  be  done  in  earth  as  it 
is  in  heaven:  give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread  ;  &c. 


HISTORICAL  EXAMPLES  OF  FAITH. 


E\)ix\i  a:uesUaD  fix  ti)e  Jiionti).     I^orninfl. 

HYMN    61.        CM.  HYMN    62.        l.  M. 

Sloneville.  All  Saints. 

FAITH  is  the  brightest  evidence  'TIS  by  the  faith  of  joys  to  come 

Of  tilings  beyond  our  sight;  We  walk  through  deserts  dark  as  nights 

It  pierces  through  the  veil  of  sense,  Till  we  arrive  at  heaven,  our  boine, 

And  dwells  in  heavenly  light.  Faith  is  our  guide,  and  faith  our  light 

It  sets  time  past  in  present  view,  The  want  of  sight  she  well  supplies, 
Brings  distant  prospects  home,  She  makes  the  penrly  gates  appear ; 

Of  things  a  thousand  years  ago.  Far  into  distant  worlds  she  pries, 
Or  thousand  years  to  come.  And  brings  eternal  glories  near. 

By  faith  we  know  the  world  was  made  Cheerful  we  tread  the  desert  through,     . 

By  God's  almighty  word  :  While  faith  inspires  a  heavenly  ray, 

We  know  the  heavens  and  earth  shall  fade,  Though  lions  roar,  and  tempests  blow, 

And  be  again  restored.  And  rocks  and  dangers  fill  the  way. 

Abra'm  obeyed  the  Lord's  command,  So  Abra'm,  by  divine  command, 

From  his  own  country  driven ;  Left  bis  own  house  to  walk  with  God ; 

By  faith  he  sought  a  promised  land.  His  faith  beheld  the  promised  land; 

But  found  his  rest  in  heaven.  And  fired  his  zeal  along  the  road. 

Teacher.  By  faith  Abel  offered  unto  God  a  more  ex- 
cellent sacrifice  than  Cain,  by  which  he  obtained  witness 
that  he  was  righteous,  God  testifying  of  his  gifts  :  and 
by  it  he,  being  dead,  yet  speaketh.     Heb.  xi.  4. 

Scholars.  By  faith  Enoch  was  translated,  that  he 
should  not  see  death  :  and  was  not  found,  because  God 
had  translated  him  :  for  before  his  translation  he  had  this 
testimony,  that  he  pleased  God.     Heb.  xi.  5. 

Teach.  By  faith  Noah,  being  warned  of  God  of 
things  not  seen  as  yet,  moved  with  fear,  prepared  an  ark 
to  the  saving  of  his  house.     Heb.  xi.  7. 

ScHOL.  By  faith  Abraham,  when  he  was  called  to  go 
out  into  a  place  which  he  should  after  receive  for  an  in- 
heritance, obeyed;  and  he  went  out,  not  knowing  whither 
he  went.     Heb.  xi.  8. 

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THIRD   TUESDAY   IN   THE    MONTH.  119 

Teach.  By  faith  he  sojourned  in  the  land  of  promise, 
as  in  a  strange  country,  dwelling  in  tabernacles  with 
Isaac  and  Jacob,  the  heirs  with  him  of  the  same  promise  : 
for  he  looked  for  a  city  which  hath  foundations,  whose 
builder  and  maker  is  God,    Heb.  xi.  9,  10. 

ScHOL.  By  faith  Abraham,  when  he  was  tried,  offered 
up  Isaac  ;  and  he  that  had  received  the  promises,  offered 
up  his  only-begotten  son,  of  whom  it  was  said.  That  in 
Isaac  shall  thy  seed  be  called.      Heb.  xi.  17,  18. 

Teach.  Accounting  that  God  was  able  to  raise  him 
up,  even  from  the  dead  ;  from  whence  also  he  received 
him  in  a  figure.     Heb.  xi.  19. 

ScHOL.  By  faith  Isaac  blessed  Jacob  and  Esau  con- 
cerning things  to  come.     Heb.  xi.  20. 

Teach.  By  faith,  Jacob,  when  he  was  a  dying,  blessed 
both  the  sons  of  Joseph  ;  and  worshipped,  leaning  upon 
the  top  of  his  staff.     Heb.  xi.  21. 

ScHOL.     By  faith  Joseph,  when  he  died,  made  mention 
of  the  dejiarting  of  the  children  of  Israel ;  and  gave  com 
mandment  concerning  his  bones.     Heb.  xi.  22. 

Teach.  By  faith  Moses,  when  he  was  born,  was  hid 
three  months  of  his  parents,  because  they  saw  he  was  a 
proper  child.     Heb.  xi.  23 

ScHOL.  By  faith  Moses,  when  he  was  come  to  years, 
refused  to  be  called  the  son  of  Pharaoh's  daughter  ;  choos- 
ing rather  to  suffer  affliction  with  the  people  of  God,  than 
to  enjoy  the  pleasure  of  sin  for  a  season.     Heb.  xi.  24,  25. 

Teach.  By  faith  he  forsook  Egypt,  not  fearing  the 
wrath  of  the  king  :  for  he  endured,  as  seeing  him  who  is 
invisible.     Heb.  xi.  27. 

ScHOL.  By  faith  they  passed  through  the  Red  Sea  as 
by  dry  land  :  which  the  Egyptians  assaying  to  do,  were 
drowned.     Heb.  xi.  29. 

Teach.  And  these  all,  having  obtained  a  good  report 
through  faith,  received  not  the  promise  :  God  having  pro- 
vided some  better  thing  for  us,  that  they  without  us 
should  not  be  made  perfect.     Heb.  xi.  39,  40. 


120  MANUAL    OF   DEVOTION. 

Holy  Spirit  of  Grace,  while  we  approach  the  altar  of 
prayer,  breathe  upon  us  thy  blessed  influences,  that  in  the 
exercise  of  a  living  faith,  we  may  come  boldly  to  the 
throne  of  grace,  that  we  may  obtain  mercy,  and  find  grace 
to  help  in  every  time  of  need. 

We  thank  thee,  0  Lord,  for  all  the  means  of  grace,  and 
especially  for  thy  word,  and  for  the  many  bright  exam- 
ples it  contains  of  the  saints  of  God,  who  through  faith 
wrought  righteousness  and  obtained  the  promises,  who 
out  of  weakness  were  made  strong,  and  were  persecuted 
but  not  foi-saken,  cast  down  but  not  destroyed;  and  who, 
pilgrims  and  strangers  upon  earth,  looked  for  a  city  which 
hath  foundations,  whose  builder  and  maker  is  God. 

Inspire  us  with  a  holy  zeal  to  emulate  their  active  vir- 
tues and  their  gentle  graces.  Give  us  the  vigorous  faith 
of  Abraham  and  Moses,  the  burning  zeal  of  Paul,  and  the 
fervent  love  of  John  ;  and  seeing  we  also  are  encompassed 
about  with  so  great  a  cloud  of  witnesses,  help  us  to  lay 
aside  every  weight  and  the  sin  which  doth  so  easily  beset 
us,  and  to  run,  with  patience,  the  race  that  is  set  before 
us,  looking  unto  Jesus  the  author  and  finisher  of  our  faith. 

Amid  the  afflictions  of  life,  may  we  remember  that  no 
sorrows  are  like  unto  his  sorrows ;  amid  the  revilings  of 
the  ungodly,  may  we  consider  him  that  endured  such  con- 
tradiction of  sinners  against  himself ;  and  while  but  stran- 
gers and  sojourners  upon  earth,  as  all  our  fathers  were, 
may  we  declare  plainly  that  we  seek  a  better  country,  even 
an  heavenly.  Amid  the  cares  and  labors  of  earth,  when 
heart  and  flesh  faint  and  fail  us,  may  we  feel  that  although 
our  outward  man  perish,  yet  the  inward  man  is  renewed 
day  by  day;  and  in  the  ravages  of  disease,  and  in  prospect 
of  the  decay  of  our  mortal  nature  under  the  curse,  "Dust 
thou  art  and  unto  dust  thou  shall  return,"  enable  us  by 
faith  to  exclaim,  "  We  know  that  if  our  earthly  house  of 
this  tabernacle  were  dissolved,  we  have  a  building  of  God, 
an  house  not  made  with  hands,  eternal  in  the  heavens." 


PAITH  IN  GOB. 


^YjitXi  ^Tuestiap  in  tlje  ^Hontlj.     libcninfl- 


HYMN    63.         c.  M. 

Ortonville. 
FATHER  of  Jesus  Christ,  my  Lord, 

My  Saviour  and  my  Head, 
I  tnul  in  thee,  whose  powerful  word 

Hath  raised  him  from  the  dead. 

ITjou  know'st  for  my  offence  he  died, 

And  rose  again  for  me, 
Tally  and  freely  justified, 

That  I  might  live  to  thee. 

Eternal  life  to  all  mankind 
Thou  hast  ia  Jesus  given  ; 

And  all  who  seek,  in  him  shaLl  find 
The  happiness  of  heaven. 

Faith,  mielity  fa:th  the  promise  sees, 

And  looks  to  that  alone, 
Laaghs  at  impossibilities. 

And  cries  "It  shall  be  done!" 


H  Y  M  N    64.  p.  M. 

Nashville. 
FATHER  of  Jesus  Christ,  the  Just, 

My  Friend  and  Advocate  with  thee, 
Pity  a  soul  that  fain  would  trust 

In  him  who  lived  and  died  for  me: 
But  only  thou  canst  make  him  known, 
And  in  my  heart  reveal  thy  Son. 
If  drawn  by  thy  alluring  grace, 

My  want  of  living  f  iih  I  feel, 
Show  me  in  Christ  thy  smiling  face, 

VVhat  flesh  and  blood  can  ne'er  reveal, 
Thine  all-redeeming  Son  display, 
And  call  my  djirknesa  into  day. 

The  gift  unspeakable  impart, 

Command  the  light  of  faith  to  shine, 
To  shine  in  my  dark,  drooping  heart, 

And  fill  me  wiiii  the  life  divine; 
Kow  bid  the  new  creation  be, 
O  God,  let  there  be  faith  in  met 


Teacher.  Faith  is  the  substance  of  things  hoped  for, 
the  evidence  of  things  not  seen.  But  without  faith  it  is 
impossible  to  please  God.     Heb.  xi.  1,  6. 

Scholars.  For  he  that  cometh  to  God,  must  believe 
that  he  is,  and  that  he  is  a  reward er  of  them  that  dih- 
gently  seek  him.     Heb.  xi.  6. 

Teach.  Through  faith  we  understand  that  the  worlds 
were  framed  by  the  word  of  God,  so  that  things  which 
are  seen  were  not  made  of  things  which  do  appear.  Heb. 
xi  3. 

ScHOL.  This  is  the  victory  that  overcometh  the  world, 
even  our  faith.     1  John  v.  4. 

Teach.  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you,  he  that  hear- 
eth  my  word,  and  believeth  on  him  that  sent  me,  iiath  ev- 
erlasting life,  and  shall  not  come  into  condemnation. 
John  V  24 

11  121 


122  MANUAL    OF    DEVOTION. 

ScHOL.  Ye  are  my  witnesses,  saith  the  Lord,  and  my 
servants  whom  1  have  chosen,  that  ye  may  know  anc^ 
believe  me,  and  understand  that  1  am  he.     Isa.  liii.  10. 

Teach.  Believe  in  the  Lord  your  God,  so  shall  ye 
be  established.     2  Chron.  xx.  20. 

SciioL.  And  Jesus  answering,  saith  unto  them,  Have 
faith  in  God.  For  verily  I  say  unto  you.  That  whoso- 
ever shall  say  unto  this  mountain,  Be  thou  removed,  and 
be  thou  cast  into  the  sea  ;  and  shall  not  doubt  in  his  heart, 
but  shall  believe  that  those  things  which  he  saith  shall 
come  to  pass  ;  he  shall  have  whatsoever  he  saith.  Mark 
xi.  22,  23. 

Teach.  For  what  if  some  did  not  believe  ?  shall  their 
unbehef  make  the  faith  of  God  without  effect?  Rom.  iii.  3. 

ScHOL.  God  forbid  :  yea,  let  God  be  true,  but  every 
man  a  liar  ;  as  it  is  written,  That  thou  mightest  be  jus- 
tified in  thy  sayings,  and  mightest  overcome  when  thou 
art  judged.     Rom.  iii.  4. 

Teach.  If  we  receive  the  witness  of  men,  the  witness 
of  God  is  greater  :  for  this  is  the  witness  of  God  which 
he  hath  testified  of  his  Son.     1  John  v.  9. 

ScHOL.  He  that  believeth  on  the  Son  of  God  hath  the 
witness  in  himself :  he  that  believeth  not  God,  hath  made 
him  a  liar,  because  he  believeth  not  the  recoi-d  that  God 
gave  of  his  Son.     1  John  v.  10. 

Teach.  And  this  is  the  record,  that  God  hath  given 
to  us  eternal  life  :  and  this  life  is  in  his  Son.  He  that 
hath  the  Son,  hath  life  :  and  he  that  hath  not  the  Son  of 
God,  hath  not  life.  1  John  v.  11,  12. 

ScHOL.  Happy  is  he  that  hath  the  God  of  Jacob  for 
his  help,  whose  hope  is  in  the  Lord  his  God  :  which 
made  heaven  and  earth,  the  sea,  and  all  that  therein  is  : 
which  keepeth  truth  forever.     Ps.  cxlvi.  5,  6. 

Teach.  The  Lord  shall  reign  forever,  even  thy  God, 
0  Zion,  unto  all  genei-ations.  Praise  ye  the  Lord.  Ps. 
cxlvi.  10. 


THIRD   TUESDAY   IN   THE    MONTH.  123 

Almighty  and  eternal  Jehovah !  it  is  but  the  fool  that 
has  said  in  his  heart,  There  is  no  God.  Thy  existence  is 
written  in  the  volume  of  nature,  and  upon  the  fleshly  ta- 
bles of  the  heart.  The  heavens  declare  the  glory  of  God, 
and  the  firmament  showeth  his  handiwork.  In  approach- 
ing thy  throne,  we  believe  that  thou  art,  and  that  thou  art 
the  rewarder  of  them  that  diligently  seek  thee.  Help  us 
to  feel,  thou  art  our  hope,  0  Loi'd  God  :  thou  art  our  trust 
from  our  youth. 

Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Spirit,  we  adore  thee  as  the  one 
almighty  and  eternal  God.  Thou  art  righteous  in  all  thy 
works,  and  faithful  in  all  thy  ways.  Thy  righteousness 
is  like  the  great  mountains;  thy  judgments  are  a  great 
deep.  Thy  mercy  is  in  the  heavens,  and  thy  faithfulness 
reacheth  unto  the  clouds.  Thou  art  faithful  in  the  fulfil- 
ment of  the  conditions  of  the  covenant  of  grace  ;  thou  art 
faithful  in  the  fulfilment  of  the  promises  of  thy  word,  and 
in  the  fulfilment  of  the  promises  of  thy  mercy  and  truth. 

We  adore  thee,  0  Lord,  as  the  great  and  dreadful  God, 
keeping  covenant  and  mercy  with  them  that  love  thee, 
and  them  that  keep  thy  commandments.  Thou  art  our 
Creator  and  preserver,  and  divine  legislator.  We  thank 
thee  that  thou  hast  not  only  written  thy  laws  upon  our 
natural  conscience,  but  hast  made  a  revelation  of  thy  di- 
vine will  and  requirements,  in  thy  word. 

Give  us  faith  to  believe  thy  gospel  as  the  God  of  salva- 
tion, and  give  us  grace  to  obey  thy  laws  as  our  Father 
and  King ;  and  while  we  look  up  to  thee  with  the  eye  of 
faith,  and  with  a  heart  of  love,  do  thou  condescend,  we 
beseech  thee,  to  look  down  with  an  eye  of  compassion 
and  of  favor ;  that  each  one  of  us  may  be  enabled  to  take 
God  in  Christ  as  our  God,  and  with  the  Psalmist  exclaim, 
This  God  is  our  God  forever  and  ever,  and  he  will  be  our 
guide  unto  death.  Amen!  Our  Father,  who  art  in  hea- 
ven, hallowed  be  thy  name  :  thy  kingdom  come,  &c. 


PAITH  IN  CHEIST. 


ZU^lJ   3!Be^ixestiaj?   iii  t|)C  ^ontl).    ^orning. 


H  Y  M  N     66.        p.  M. 

Rock  of  Ages. 
ROCK  of  ages !  cleft  for  me, 
Let  me  hide  myself  in  thee, 
Let  the  water  and  the  blood, 
From  thy  side,  a  healing  flood, 
Be  of  sin  the  double  cure, 
Save  from  wrath,  and  make  me  puTi 

Should  my  tears  forever  flow, 
Should  my  zeal  no  languor  know 
This  for  sin  could  not  atone. 
Thou  must  save,  and  thou  alone ; 
In  my  hand  no  price  I  bring, 
Simply  to  thy  cross  I  cling. 

While  I  draw  this  fleeting  breath, 
When  mine  eyelids  close  in  death, 
When  I  rise  to  worlds  unknown, 
And  behold  thee  on  thy  throne ; 
Rock  of  aces !  cleft  for  me, 
Let  me  hide  myself  in  thee  ! 


H  Y  M  N     65.  s.  M. 

Palermo. 
Spirit  of  faith,  come  down. 

Reveal  the  things  of  llod ; 
And  make  to  us  the  Godhead  known, 

And  witness  with  the  blood  : 
Tis  thine  the  blood  to  apply. 

And  give  us  eyes  to  see, 
That  he  who  did  for  sinners  die, 

Hath  surely  died  for  me. 
No  man  can  truly  say 

That  Jesus  is  the  Lord, 
Unless  thou  take  the  veil  away, 

And  breathe  the  living  word  ; 
Then,  only  then,  we  feel 

Our  int'rest  in  his  blood  ; 
And  cry,  with  joy   unspeakable,— 

Thou  art  my  Lord,  my  God! 
O  that  the  world  might  know 

The  all-atoning  Lamb ! 
Spirit  of  faith   descend  and  show 

The  virtue  of  his  name. 

Teacher.  Ye  believe  in  God,  believe  also  in  me. 
John  xiv.  1. 

Scholars.  I  am  come  a  light  into  the  world,  that 
whosoever  believeth  on  me  should  not  abide  in  darkness. 
John  xii.  46. 

Teach.  He  that  believeth  on  me  hath  everlasting  life. 
John  vi.  47. 

Schol.  He  that  believeth  on  the  Son  of  God  hath  the 
witness  in  himself.     1  John  v.  10. 

Teach.  The  Father  himself  loveth  you,  because  ye 
have  loved  me,  and  have  believed  that  I  came  out  from 
God.     John  xvi.  27. 

Schol.  The  life  which  I  now  live  in  the  flesh,  I  live 
124 


THIRD    WEDNESDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  125 

by  the  faith  of  the  Son  of  God,  who  loved  me,  and  gave 
himself  for  me.     Gal.  ii.  20. 

Teach.  If  thou  shalt  confess  with  thy  mouth  the 
Lord  Jesus,  and  shalt  believe  in  thine  heart  that  God 
hath  raised  him  from  the  dead,  thou  shalt  be  saved.  Rom. 
X.  9. 

ScHOL.  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you,  he  that  hear- 
eth  my  word,  and  believeth  on  him  that  sent  me,  hath 
everlasting  life,  and  shall  not  come  into  condemnation. 
John  v.  24. 

Teach.  For  with  the  heart,  man  believeth  unto  right- 
eousness ;  and  with  the  mouth,  confession  is  made  unto 
salvation.     Rom.  x.  10. 

ScHOL.  Who  is  he  that  overcometh  the  world,  but  he 
that  believeth  that  Jesus  is  the  Son  of  God.    1  John  v.  5. 

Teach.  This  is  God's  commandment,  that  we  should 
believe  on  the  name  of  his  Son  Jesus  Christ,  and  love 
one  another,  as  he  gave  us  commandment.  1  Joh)i  iii.  23. 

ScHOL.  Whosoever  shall  confess  that  Jesus  is  the  Son 
of  God,  God  dwelleth  in  him,  and  he  in  God.  1  John  iv.l5. 

Teach.  Whosoever  shall  deny  me  before  men,  him 
will  I  also  deny  before  my  Father  which  is  in  heaven. 
Matt.  X.  33. 

ScHOL.  Let  all  the  house  of  Israel  know  assuredly, 
that  God  hath  made  that  same  Jesus,  whom  ye  have  cru- 
cified, both  Lord  and  Christ.     Acts  iii.  36. 

Teach.  We  believe  and  are  sure  that  thou  art  that 
Christ,  the  Son  of  the  living  God.     John  vi.  69. 

ScHOL.  If  we  believe  that  Jesus  died  and  rose  again, 
even  so  them  also  which  sleep  in  Jesus  will  God  bring 
with  him.     1  Thess.  iv.  14. 

Teach.  If  we  be  dead  with  Christ,  we  believe  that 
we  shall  also  live  with  him.     Rom.  vi.  8. 

ScHOL.     Tiiese   things   have  I  written  unto  you  that 
believe  on   the   name  of  the   Son  of  God  ;  that  ye  may 
know  that  ye  have  eternal  life,  and  that  ye  may  believe 
on  the  name  of  the  Son  of  God.     1  John  v.  13. 
11* 


126  MANUAL,   OF   DEVOTION. 


Spirit  of  Grace,  inspire  our  hearts  with  living  faith, 
this  morning,  that  believing  in  God  we  may  believe  also 
in  Jesus,  and  that  while  we  worship  our  God  and  Father 
in  Christ,  for  his  creating  and  preserving  goodness,  we 
may  honor  the  Son,  even  as  we  honor  the  Father,  for  his 
redeeming  grace.  Help  us,  we  beseech  thee,  to  acknow- 
ledge and  adore  him  as  the  Son  of  God,  equal  with  the 
Father  and  the  Spirit  in  perfections  and  prerogatives,  and 
possessed  of  the  same  divine  nature  and  glory. 

Enable  us  by  faith  to  receive  him  as  our  Saviour  whom 
God  has  set  forth  to  be  a  propitiation,  through  faith  in  his 
blood,  to  declare  his  righteousness  for  the  remission  of 
sins ;  and  grant  that  being  justified  by  faith  in  his  name, 
we  may  have  peace  with  God,  through  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  by  whom  we  have  access  into  this  grace  wherein 
Ave  stand,  and  rejoice  in  the  hope  of  the  glory  of  God.  0 
fill  our  hearts  with  superlative  love  to  Christ,  in  his  per 
son,  in  his  ordinances,  and  in  his  laws,  until  with  the 
Apostle  we  can  say,  "Whom  not  having  seen  we  love,  in 
whom,  though  we  see  him  not,  yet  believing  we  rejoice 
with  joy  unspeakable  and  full  of  glory." 

Adorable  Redeemer,  we  acknowledge  and  praise  thee 
as  our  Immanuel.  Thou  art  our  Redeemer,  the  Holy  one 
of  Israel.  In  thy  personality  thou  art  the  Christ,  the  Son 
of  the  living  God,  and  in  thy  glorious  perfections,  God 
over  all,  blessed  forever.  Thy  throne,  0  God,  is  forever 
and  ever  ;  a  sceptre  of  righteousness  is  the  sceptre  of  thy 
kingdom.  Make  us  the  loving,  obedient  subjects  of  thy 
heavenly  rule,  upon  earth,  that  we  may  be  the  partakers 
of  thy  glory  in  thine  upper  kingdom.     Amen  ! 

Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy  name: 
tliy  kingdom  come :  thy  will  be  done  in  earth  as  it  is  in 
heaven  :  give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread :  and  forgive  us 
our  trespasses  as  we  forgive  them  that  trespass  against 
us:  lead  us  not  mto  temptation;  &c. 


THE  APOSTLES'   CREEJ), 


STftivU  StSifeUnestia,)?  la  tijc  ii^ontl).    Hbeninfl. 


HYMN    67.        c.  M. 

Hotaard. 

0  GOD,  we  praise  thee,  and  coiifest, 

Thai  thou  the  only  Lord, 

And  everl  isiin?  Faiher  art, 

By  aC  on  earth  ador'd. 

To  thee  all  angels  cry  aloud, 
To  thee  the  powers  on  liigh, 

Both  chenibim.  and  seraphim, 
Continually  do  cry,— 

'0  holy,  holy,  holy  Lord, 
'Whom  heavenly  hosts  obey, 

'The  world  is  with  the  glory  fill'd 
'  Of  Ihy  majesiic  sway.' 

"Die  aposiles'  glorious  company. 

And  prophet?,  crownVi  with  light, 
With  all  the  mariyrs'  noble  host, 

Thy  constant  praise  recite. 


HYMN    68.        L.  M. 

Duke  Street 

BI.ESS'D  be  the  Faiher  and  his  love. 
To  which  celestial  source  we  owe 
Rivers  of  endless  joy  a^X)ve, 
And  rills  of  comfort  here  below. 

Glory  to  thee,  grnat  Son  of  God, 
From  whose  dear, wounded  body  roll* 
A  precious  stream  of  vital  blood — 
Pardon  and  life  for  dying  souls ! 

We  give  thee,  sacred  Spirit,  praise, 
Who  in  our  hearts  of  sin  and  wo, 
Mak'st  living  springs  of  gr.ice  arise 
And  into  boundless  glory  flow. 

Thus  God  the  Father,  God  the  Son, 
And  God  the  Spirit,  we  adore; 
The   sea  of  life  and  love  unknown, 
Without  a  bottom  or  a  shore. 


Teacher  and  Sholars.  I  believe  in  God  the  Father, 
Almighty,  Maker  of  Heaven  and  Earth  : 

And  in  Jesus  Christ  his  only  Son  our  Lord  ;  who 
was  conceived  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  born  of  the  Vir- 
gin Mary,  suffered  under  Pontius  Pilate,  was  crucified, 
dead  and  buried  ;  he  descended  into  the  place  of  de- 
parted .=;pirits  ;  the  third  day  he  rose  from  the  dead  ;  he 
ascended  into  Heaven,  and  sitteth  on  the  right  hand  of 
God  the  Father  Almighty  ;  from  thence  he  shall  come  to 
judge  the  quick  and  the  dead. 

I  believe  in  the  Holy  Ghost ;  the  Holy  Catholic 
Church  ;  the  communion  of  Saints  ;  the  forgiveness  of 
sins  ;  the  resurrection  of  the  body,  and  the  life  ever- 
lasting.    Amen. 

127 


128  MANUAL     OF    DEVOTION. 

Teacher  avd  Scholars.  I  believe  in  one  God,  the 
Father  Almighty,  Maker  of  Heaven  and  Earth,  and  of 
all  things  visible  and  invisible  : 

And  in  one  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  the  only  begotten 
Son  of  God,  begotten  of  his  Father  before  all  worlds  ; 
God  of  God,  Light  of  Light,  very  God  of  very  God, 
begotten,  not  made,  being  of  one  substance  with  the 
Father  ;  by  whom  all  things  were  made  ;  who  for  us 
men,  and  for  our  salvation,  came  down  from  Heaven, 
and  was  incarnate  by  the  Holy  Ghost  of  the  Virgin 
Mary,  and  was  made  man,  and  was  crucified  also  for  us 
under  Pontius  Pilate.  He  suffered  and  was  buried,  and 
the  third  day  he  arose  again,  according  to  the  Scriptures, 
and  ascended  into  Heaven,  and  sitteth  on  the  right  hand 
of  the  Father  ;  and  he  shall  come  again,  with  glory,  to 
judge  both  the  quick  and  the  dead;  whose  kingdom  shall 
have  no  end. 

And  I  believe  in  the  Holy  Ghost,  the  Lord  and  giver 
of  life,  who  proceedeth  from  the  Father  and  the  Son  ; 
who  with  the  Father  and  the  Son  together  is  worshijiped 
and  glorified  ;  who  spake  by  the  prophets.  And  I  be- 
lieve in  one  Catholic  and  Apostolic  Church.  I  acknow- 
ledge one  Baptism  for  the  remission  of  sins  ;  and  I  look 
for  the  resurrection  of  the  dead,  and  the  life  of  the  world 
to  come.     Amen. 

Teach.  Cast  me  not  away  from  thy  presence  ;  and 
take  not  thy  Holy  Spirit  from  me.     Ps.  li.  IL 

ScHOL.  Create  in  me  a  clean  heart,  0  God  ;  and  re- 
new a  right  spirit  within  me.     Ps.  li.  10. 

Teach.  The  Lord  bless  thee,  and  keep  thee.  The 
Lord  make  his  face  shine  upon  thee,  and  be  gracious  unto 
thee.  The  Lord  lift  up  his  countenance  upon  thee,  and 
give  thee  peace.     Numb.  vi.  24,  25,  26. 

ScHOL.  God  be  merciful  unto  us,  and  bless  us  ;  and 
cause  liis  face  to  shine  upon  us.     Ps.  Ixvii.  1. 


THIRD    WEDNESDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  129 


Almighty  and  eternal  Jehovah!  There  is  no  God  be- 
side thee.  Thou  art  the  God,  even  thou  alone  of  all  the 
kingdoms  of  the  earth,  for  thou  hast  made  heaven  and 
earth  and  the  inhabitimts  thereof.  While  we  worship 
thee  as  the  Father  Almighty,  maker  of  heaven  and  earth, 
we  bless  thy  name,  that  it  is  our  privilege,  in  filial  love, 
to  draw  nigh  to  thee  as  our  Father  which  art  in  heaven. 
0  make  us  ever  thy  loving  and  obedient  childroi,  created 
anew  in  Christ  Jesus  unto  righteousness  and  true  holiness. 

Blessed  Jesus,  only  begotten  Son  of  the  living  God,  co- 
eternal,  co-equal  and  consubstantial  with  the  Father,  we 
adore  thee  as  our  Lord,  and  with  the  Psalmist  would  ex- 
claim, 0  Lord,  our  Lord,  how  excellent  is  thy  name  in 
all  the  earth!  We  bless  thee  for  thy  matchless  conde- 
scension, that  thou  didst  become  incarnate  by  the  Holy 
Ghost,  suffer  under  Pontius  Pilate,  and  wast  crucified, 
dead,  and  buried  for  our  redemption,  that  through  death 
thou  mightest  destroy  him  that  had  the  power  of  death, 
and  deliver  them,  who  through  fear  of  death,  were  all  their 
life-time  subject  to  bondage.  We  bless  and  give  thanks 
unto  thee,  that  thou  wast  not  holden  of  death,  but  didst 
rise  from  the  grave  for  our  justification,  and  sittest  at  the 
right  hand  of  the  Father  Almighty,  as  our  great  Interces- 
sor ;  whence  thou  shalt  come  to  judge  the  quick  and  the 
dead. 

Holy  Ghost,  proceeding  from  the  Father  and  the  Son, 
we  acknowledge  thee  as  the  Lord  and  giver  of  life.  0 
quicken  uS  by  thy  spirit,  that  living  within  the  pale  of  the 
general  church  of  the  first-born,  in  communion  with  the 
household  of  faith,  and  in  the  knowledge  of  the  pardon  of 
our  sins,  in  the  love  of  God,  and  the  comforts  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  we  may  at  length  depart  in  the  hopes  of  a  glorious 
resurrection  and  of  life  everlasting,  that  when  Christ  who 
is  our  life  shall  appear,  we  also  may  appear  with  him  in 
glory.     Amen!     Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  &c. 


PKEPARATION  FOR  PRAYER. 


^Wa   ^rturstiau  in  X\)t  £&ont\).     i^oxnUiQ. 


HYMN    69.        S.J 

PainesvUle. 

THE  praying  spirit  breathe, 

The  watcliing  power  impart; 
From  all  eiuanglemeiits  beneath 

Call  off  my  peaceful  heart ; 
My  feeble  mind  sustain, 

By  worldly  thoughts  opprest, 
Appear  and  bid  me  turn  again 

To  my  eternal  rest. 

Swill  to  my  rescue  come, 

Thy  own  this  moment  seize; 
Gather  thy  wandering  bpirit  home, 

And  keep  in  perfect  peace ; 
Suffered  no  more  to  rove 

O'er  all  the  earth  abroad. 
Arrest  the  prisoner  of  thy  love, 

And  shut  me  up  in  God. 


HYMN    70  .        p.  M. 

Chanet/. 

OP£N,  Lord,  thy  inward  ear, 

And  bid  my  heart  rejoice  ; 
Bid  my  quiet  spirit  hear 

Thy  comfortable  voice, 
Never  in  the  whirlwind  found, 

Nor  where  earthquakes  rock  the  place; 
Still  and  silent  is  the  sound— 

The  whisper  of  thy  grace. 

From  the  world  of  sin,  and  noise, 

And  hurry,  I  withdraw^ ; 
For  tlie  small  and  inward  voice 

I  wait  with  humble  awe ; 
Silent  am  I  now  and  still, 

Dare  not  in  thy  presence  move  : 
To  my  waiting  soul  reveal 

The  secret  of  thy  love  ! 


Teacher.  0  thou  that  hearest  prayer,  unto  thee  shall 
all  flesh  come.     Ps.  Ixv.  2. 

Scholars.  Blessed  is  the  man  whom  thou  choosest, 
and  causest  to  approach  unto  thee,  that  he  may  dwell  in 
thy  courts  :  we  shall  be  satisfied  with  the  goodness  of 
thy  house,  even  of  thy  holy  temple.     Ps.  Ixv.  4. 

Teach.  Be  not  rash  with  thy  mouth,  and  let  not  thy 
heart  be  hasty  to  utter  any  thing  before  God — for  God  is 
in  heaven,  and  thou  upon  earth  ;  therefore  lei  thy  words 
be  few.     Eccl.  v.  2. 

ScHOL.  The  preparations  of  the  heart  in  man,  and  the 
answer  of  the  tongue,  is  from  the  Lord.     Prov.  xvi.  1. 

Teach.  No  man  can  come  unto  me  except  the  Father 
draw  him.     John  vi.  44. 

ScHOL.     And  thou  wilt  prepare  thy  heart :  thou  wilt 
cause  thine  ear  to  hear.    Ps.  x.  17. 
130 


THIRD   THURSDAY   IN   THE   MONTH.  131 

Teach.  He  that  cometh  to  God  must  believe  that  he 
is,  and  that  he  is  a  rewarder  of  them  that  diligently  seek 
him.     Heb.  xi.  6. 

ScHOL.  Gluicken  us,  0  Lord,  and  we  will  call  upon 
thy  name  ;  turn  us  again,  0  Lord  God  of  Hosts,  cause 
thy  face  to  shine,  and  we  shall  be  saved.  Ps.  Ixxx.  18, 19. 

Teach.     Lord,  teach  us  to  pray.     Luke  xi.  1. 

ScHOL.  The  Spirit  helpeth  our  infirmities  ;  for  wfl 
know  not  what  we  should  pray  for  as  we  ought  :  buttha 
Spirit  maketh  intercession  for  us,  with  groanings  that 
cannot  be  uttered.     Rom.  viii.  26. 

Teach.  If  any  of  you  lack  wisdom,  let  him  ask  of 
God,  that  giveth  to  all  men  liberally,  and  upbraideth  not, 
and  it  shall  be  given  him  :  but  let  him  ask  in  faith,  noth 
ing  wavering.     James  i.  5,  6. 

ScHOL.  For  he  that  wavereth,  is  like  a  wave  of  th« 
sea  driven  with  the  wind  and  tossed.  For  let  not  thai 
man  think  that  he  shall  receive  any  thing  of  the  Lord. 
James  i.  6,  7. 

Teach.  I  will  therefore  that  men  pray  everywhere, 
lifting  up  holy  hands,  without  wrath  and  doubting.  1 
Tim.  ii.  8. 

ScHOL.  If  my  people,  which  are  called  by  my  name, 
shall  humble  themselves,  and  pray,  and  seek  my  face, 
and  turn  from  their  wicked  ways  ;  then  will  I  hear  from 
heaven,  and  will  forgive  their  sin.     2  Chron.  vii.  14. 

Teach.  For  thou  Lord  art  good  ;  and  ready  to  for- 
give ;  and  plenteous  in  mercy  unto  all  them  that  call  upon 
thee.     Ps.  Ixxxvi.  5. 

ScHOL.  If  we  confess  our  sins,  he  is  faithful  and  just 
to  forgive  us  our  sins,  and  to  cleanse  us  from  all  un- 
righteousness.    1  John  1.  9. 

Teach.  Thou  shalt  find  the  Lord  if  thou  seek  him 
with  all  thy  heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul.  Deut.  iv.  29. 

ScHOL.  Blessed  are  they  who  seek  the  Lord  with 
their  whole  heart.     Ps.  cxix.  2. 

Teach.  Open  thy  mouth  wide,  and  I  will  fill  it.  Pa. 
Ixxxi.  10. 


132  MANUAL    OF   DEVOTION. 

Almighty  and  eternal  Jehovah,  we  desire  to  encompass 
the  altar  of  divine  mercy,  and  offer  up  unto  thee  our  morn- 
ing sacrifice  of  thanksgiving  and  prayer,  through  the  mer- 
its of  our  divine  Mediator,  in  whom  thou  art  well  pleased, 
and  whom  thou  ever  delightest  to  hear.  Give  us,  O 
Lord,  we  entreat  thee,  clear  and  just  views  of  this  solemn 
act  of  worship,  that  we  may  come  before  thee  with  rever- 
ence and  humility,  in  faith  and  love,  and  worship  thee  in 
the  beauty  of  holiness.  As  the  preparation  of  the  heart  in 
man,  as  well  as  the  answer  of  the  tongue  is  from  the  Lord, 
in  all  our  approaches  unto  thee,  send  the  Holy  Ghost,  we 
beseech  ihee,  to  help  our  infirmities,  and  breathe  into  our 
hearts  the  grace  and  the  gift  of  prayer,  that  we  may  find 
thee,  not  only  the  gracious  reward er,  but  the  almighty 
helper  of  them  that  diligently  seek  thee. 

0  Lord,  thou  art  acquainted  with  all  our  ways,  and  un- 
derstandest  our  thoughts  afar  off.  Thou  knowest  our  sins 
with  all  their  aggravations  ;  and  our  wants  with  all  their 
peculiarities,  yet  thou  callest  upon  us  to  confess  our  sins, 
that  we  may  be  humbled  by  a  sense  of  our  unworthiness  ; 
and  to  make  known  our  desires  by  supplication,  that  we 
may  be  suitably  affected  by  our  weakness  and  dependence 
upon  thee. 

We  come  into  thy  presence,  0  Lord,  under  a  conscious- 
ness of  our  guilt,  and  we  confess  our  sinfulness  before 
thee.  Enter  not  into  judgment  with  thy  children,  but  ac- 
cording vmto  the  multitude  of  thy  tender  mercies,  blot  out 
all  our  transgressions  ;  create  within  us  a  clean  heart,  and 
renew  a  right  spirit  within  us;  that  we  may  love  thee 
with  a  filial  love,  and  serve  thee  with  a  filial  fear. 

We  acknowledge  our  dependence  upon  thee,  our  Crea- 
tor, preserver,  and  bountiful  benefactor ;  it  is  in  thee,  we 
live,  and  move,  and  have  our  being.  Give  us  this  day, 
we  pray  thee,  such  blessings  as  we  need ;  guide  us  by 
thine  unerring  wisdom,  defend  us  by  thy  power,  support 
us  by  thy  grace,  and  at  last  receive  us  to  thyself.  Amen  I 


PRAYER  TO  BE  EARNEST  AND  BIPORTUNATE. 


2rf)irtJ  STljursKai)  in  tlje  iHontf).    3Hbcning. 

HYMN    Tl.     L.  M.  HYMN    72.     c.  M. 

Arnold.  Downs. 

PRAYER  13  appointed  to  convey  PRAYER  is  the  soul's  sincere  desire^ 

The  blesiings  God  designs  to  give ;  Utier'd  or  iinexpress'd  ; 


I,ong  as  they  live  should  Christians  pray  j  The  motion  of  a  hidden  fire 

They  learn  to  pray  w^hen  first  they  live.  That  trembles  in  the  bretist. 

If  pain  afflict,  or  wrongs  oppress  ;  Prayer  is  the  burden  of  a  mgh,— 
If  cares  distract,  or  fears  dismay  ;  The  failing  of  a  tear, — 

If  guilt  deject ;  if  sin  distress  j  The  upward  glam-ing  of  an  eye, 
In  every  case,  still  watch  and  pray.  When  none  but  God  is  near. 

'Tis  prayer  supports  the  soul  that's  weak :  Prayer  is  the  simplest  form  of  speech 

Though  thoaght  be  broken,  lansuage  lame,  The  infant  lips  can  try  ; 

Pray,  if  thou  canst  or  cannot  speak  ;  Prayer,  the  sublimest  strains  that  reach 

But  pray  with  faiih  in  Jesus'  name.  The  Majesty  on  high. 

Depend  on  him  :  thou  canst  not  fail ;  Prayer  is  the  Christian's  vital  breath, 

Make  all  thy  wants  and  wishes  known;  The  Christian's  native  :iir  : 

Fear  not  ;  his  raeriis  must  prevail  :  His  waichvrord  at  the  gates  of  death,— 

Ask  but  in  faith,  it  shall  be  done.  He  enters  liesven  with  prayer. 

Teacher.     Pi'ay  without  ceasing.     1  Thess.  v.  17. 

Scholars,     Continue  instant  in  prayer.    Rom.  xii.  12. 

Teach.  Unto  thee,  have  I  cried,  O  Lord  ;  0  Lord,  in 
the  morning  shall  my  prayer  prevent  thee.  Ps.  Ixxxviii. 
13. 

ScHOL.  My  voice  shalt  thou  hear  in  the  morning  ;  in 
the  morning  will  I  direct  my  prayer  unto  thee,  and  will 
look  up.     Ps,  v.  3. 

Teach.  I  prevented  the  dawning  of  the  moi-ning  and 
cried,  I  hoped  in  thy  word.     Ps,  cxix.  147. 

ScHOL.  Evening,  morning  and  at  noon  will  I  pray 
and  cry  aloud,  and  he  shall  hear  my  voice.     Ps.  Iv.  17. 

Teach.  With  my  soul  have  I  desired  thee  in  the 
night,  yea,  with  my  spirit  within  me,  will  I  seek  thee 
early.     Isa.  xxxvi.  9. 

ScHOL.     Mine  eyes  prevented  the  night  watches,  that 
I  might  meditate  on  thy  word.     Ps.  cxix.  148. 
12  133 


134  MANUAL     OP    DEVOTION. 

Teach.  Be  merciful  unto  me,  0  Lord  :  for  I  cry  unto 
thee  daily.     Ps,  Ixxxvi,  3. 

ScHOL.  I  have  remembered  thy  name,  0  Lord,  in  the 
night,  and  have  kept  thy  law.     Ps.  cxix.  55. 

Teach.  Rejoice  the  soul  of  thy  servant :  for  unto  thee, 
O  Lord,  do  I  lift  up  my  soul.     Ps.  Ixxxvi.  4. 

ScHOL.  0  Lord  God  of  my  salvation,  I  have  cried 
night  and  day  unto  thee.     Ps.  Ixxxviii.  1. 

Teach.  Continue  in  prayer,  and  watch  in  the  same. 
Col.  iv.  2, 

ScHOL.  Night  and  day  pi-aying  exceedingly.  1  Thess. 
iii.  10. 

Teach.  Jesus  spake  a  parable  that  men  ought  always 
to  pray  and  not  to  faint.     Luke  xxiii.  1. 

Schol.  Praying  always  with  all  prayer  and  supplica- 
tion, in  the  spirit,  and  watching  thereunto  with  all  perse- 
verance and  supplication,  for  all  saints.     Ephes.  vi.  18. 

Teach.  Watch  and  pray,  that  ye  enter  not  into  temp- 
tation.    Matt,  xxvii.  41. 

Schol.  In  the  days  of  his  flesh  Christ  offered  up 
prayers  and  supplications  with  strong  crying  and  tears, 
and  was  heard.     Heb.  v.  7. 

Teach.  Hear  my  cry,  0  God  ;  attend  unto  my  prayer. 
From  the  end  of  the  earth  will  I  cry  unto  thee,  when  my 
heart  is  overwhelmned  :  lead  me  to  the  rock  that  is  higher 
than  I.     Ps.  Ix.  1,2. 

Schol.  For  thou  hast  been  a  shelter  for  me,  and  a 
strong  tower  from  the  enemy.  I  will  abide  in  thy  taber- 
nacle for  ever  :  I  will  trust  in  the  covert  of  thy  wings. 
Selah.  For  thou,  0  God,  hast  heard  my  vows  :  thou 
hast  given  me  the  heritage  of  those  that  fear  thy  name. 
Ps.  Ix.  3,  4,  5. 

Teach.  Give  ear  to  my  prayer,  0  God,  and  hide  not 
thyself  from  my  supplication.     Ps.  Iv.  1. 

Schol.  Hear  my  voice  according  to  thy  loving-kind- 
ness ;  0  Lord,  quicken  me  according  to  thy  judgment. 
Ps.  cxix.  149. 


THIRD    THURSDAY    IN    THE    M05TH.  135 

0  Thou  that  hearest  prayer,  unto  whom  all  flesh  should 
come,  we  bless  thee  that  thou  hast  made  it  our  privilege 
as  well  as  duty  to  come  through  the  divine  Mediator  to  a 
throne  of  grace,  and  by  prayer  and  supplication  with 
thanksgiving,  to  make  known  our  requests  unto  thee. 
Gluicken  our  hearts,  at  this  time,  by  the  influences  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  that  our  coming  before  thee  may  be  as  in- 
cense, and  the  lifting  up  of  our  hands  as  the  evening 
sacrifice. 

Forbid,  most  merciful  Father,  that  we  should  ever  be 
of  those  who  draw  nigh  to  thee  with  their  mouths,  and 
honor  thee  with  their  lips,  while  their  hearts  are  far  from 
thee  ;  but  grant  that  in  all  our  approaches  unto  thee — in 
the  public  temple,  at  the  domestic  altar,  and  in  the  retire- 
ment of  the  closet — we  may  always  come  in  sincerity  and 
humility,  with  earnestness  and  fervor,  in  confidence  and 
filial  love,  and  worship  thee  who  art  a  spirit  in  spirit  and 
in  truth. 

Thou  art  the  God  of  our  lives,  the  author  of  all  our 
benefits  ;  help  us  to  honor  thee  in  our  bodies  and  our 
spirits  which  are  thine.  Thou  hast  redeemed  us  by  the 
precious  blood  of  thy  Son  as  of  a  Iamb  without  spot  or 
blemish  ;  impart  unto  us  the  benefits  of  his  sacrifice,  until 
he  is  made  unto  us,  wisdom  and  righteousness,  and  sanc- 
tification  and  redemption. 

We  bless  thee  for  the  oflices  of  the  Holy  Spirit ;  incline 
us  ever  to  listen  to  its  dictates,  that  our  footsteps  may  be 
guided  in  the  ways  of  truth  and  holiness.  We  bless  thee 
for  the  Scriptures  in  which  thou  hast  revealed  thy  will 
unto  us.  0  may  their  precious  precepts  be  the  law  of  our 
lives,  and  their  doctrines  the  delight  of  our  hearts.  We 
thank  thee  for  ihe  opportunities  of  human  learning;  may 
all  our  acquirements  but  lead  us  to  a  better  knowledge  of 
thee,  and  closer  conformity  to  thy  blessed  will.  Hear 
and  answer  our  petitions,  for  Christ's  sake.     Amen. 


ANSWER  TO  PRAYER. 


Srijtrti  jFcitjap   fii  tije  i^Sont!).     faorm'na. 


HYMN    73.     p.  M. 

HeaUu 
SAVIOUR,  when  in  dust  to  thee, 
Low  we  bow  the  aJoring  knee ; 
When,  repentant,  to  the  skies 
Scarce  we  lift  our  streaming  eyes  ; 
O,  by  all  thy  pains  and  wo, 
SulTer'd  once  for  man  below, 
Bending  from  thy  throne  on  high, 
Hear  our  solemn  litany. 

By  thy  birth  and  early  years. 

By  thy  human  griefs  and  fears, 

By  thy  fasting  and  distress 

In  the  lonely  wilderness  : 

By  thy  victory  in  the  hour 

Of  the  subtle  Tempter's  power 

Jesus,  look  with  pitying  eye : 

Hear  our  solemn  litany. 

By  thine  hour  of  dark  despair, 

By  thine  agony  of  prayer, 

By  the  purple  robe  of  scorn, 

By  thy  wounds,  thy  crown  of  thorn, 

By  thy  cross,  thy  pangs  and  cries; 

By  thy  perfect  sacrifice ; 

Jesus  look  with  pitying  eye; 

Hear  our  solemn  litany; 


HYMN    74.     L.  M. 

Thorpe. 
FROM  every  stormy  wind  that  blows, 
Frmn  every  swelling  tide  of  woes, 
There  is  a  calm,  a  sure  retreat: 
'Tis  found  beneath  the  mercy  scat 

There  is  a  place,  where  Jesus  sheds 
The  oil  of  gladness  on  our  heads ; 
A  place  than  all  besides  more  sweet,— 
It  is  the  blood-bought  mercy-seat. 

There  is  a  scene,  wliere  spirits  blend, 
Where  friend  holds  fellowship  with  frienu 
Though  sunder'd  far,  by  faith  they  meet, 
Around  one  common  mercy  seat. 

Ah  !  whither  could  we  flee  for  aid, 
When  tempted,  desolate,  dismay'd? 
Or  how  the  hosts  of  hell  defeat, 
Had  sufl"'ring  saints  no  meicy-seal7 

There,  there  on  eagle's  wings  we  soar, 
And  sin  and  sense  molest  no  more ; 
And  heaven  comes  down  our  souls  to  greet- 
While  glory  crowns  tlie  mercy-seat. 


Teacher.  Thou  shalt  make  thy  prayer  unto  him,  and 
he  shall  hear  thee.     Job.  xxii.  27. 

Scholars.  But  know  that  the  Lord  hath  set  apart 
him  that  is  godly  for  himself  :  the  Lord  will  hear  when  I 
call  unto  him.     Ps.  iv.  3. 

Teach.  This  poor  man  cried,  and  the  Lord  heard 
him,  and  saved  him  out  of  all  his  troubles.  Ps.  xxxiv.  6. 

ScHOL.     The  eyes  of  the  Lord  are  upon  the  righteous, 
and  his  ears  are  open  to  their  cry.     The  righteous  cry, 
and  the  Lord  heareth,  and  delivereth  them  out  of  their 
troubles.     Ps.  xxxiv.  15,  17. 
136 


THIRD    FRIDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  137 

Teach.  Call  upon  me  in  the  day  of  trouble,  I  will  de- 
liver thee,  and  thou  shall  glorify  me.     Ps.  1.  15. 

ScHOL.  He  will  fulfil  the  desire  of  them  that  fear  him  : 
he  also  will  hear  their  cry,  and  save  them.     Ps.  cxiv.  19. 

Teach.  The  Lord  is  far  from  the  wicked  :  but  he 
heareth  the  prayer  of  the  righteous.     Prov.  xv.  29. 

ScHOL.  He  shall  call  upon  me,  and  I  will  answer  him. 
Ps.  xci    15. 

Teach.  The  Lord  is  rich  in  mercy  to  all  that  call 
upon  him.     Rom.  x.  12. 

ScHOL.  They  that  seek  the  Lord  shall  not  want  any 
good  thing.     Ps.  xxiv.  10. 

Teach.  He  will  be  very  gracious  unto  thee,  at  the 
voice  of  thy  cry  :  when  he  shall  hear  it,  he  will  answer 
thee.     Isa.  xxx.  19. 

ScHOL.  Then  shalt  thou  call  and  the  Lord  shall  an- 
swer :  thou  shalt  cry,  and  he  shall  say.  Here  I  am.  Isa. 
Iviii.  9. 

Teach.  Then  shall  ye  call  upon  me  and  ye  shall  go 
and  pray  unto  me,  and  1  will  hearken  unto  you.  Jer. 
xxix.  12. 

ScHOL.  They  shall  call  on  my  name,  and  I  will  bear 
them  :  I  will  say,  it  is  my  people,  and  they  shall  say, 
the  Lord  is  my  God.     Zech.  xiii.  9. 

Teach.  Ask  and  it  shall  be  given  you.  Seek  and 
ye  shall  find.  Knock  and  it  shall  be  opened  unto  you. 
Matt.  vii.  7. 

ScHOL.  For  every  one  that  asketh  receiveth  ;  and  he 
that  seeketh  findeth  ;  and  to  him  that  knocketh  it  shall  be 
opened.     Matt.  vii.  8. 

Teach.  And  all  things  whatsoever  ye  shall  ask  in 
prayer,  believing,  ye  shall  receive.     Matt.  xxi.  22. 

ScHOL.  If  ye  abide  in  me,  and  my  words  abide  in 
you,  ye  shall  ask  v/hat  ye  will,  and  it  shall  be  done  unto 
you.     John  xv.  7. 

Teach.     Lord,  hear  my  voice  ;  let  thine  ear  be  atten- 
tive to  the  voice  of  my  supplications.     Ps.  cxxx.  S. 
12* 


138  MANUAL    OF    DEVOTION. 

O  Thou  who  art  the  Creator  of  the  ends  of  the  earth, 
and  the  only  object  of  rational  worship,  we  adore  thee  for 
thy  benevolence  and  condescension  to  a  ruined  world  ;  that 
although  thou  inhabitest  the  praises  of  eternity,  thou  hast 
respect  unto  thy  fallen  creation,  and  thine  ear  is  ever  at- 
tentive to  the  cry  of  those  who  approach  thy  throne,  with 
humiUty  and  in  assurance  of  faith. 

We  praise  and  magnify  thy  name,  0  Lord,  that  thou 
hast  made  a  mercy-seat  accessible  to  us  by  the  sprinkled 
blood  of  our  adorable  R.edeemer  and  Mediator.  We  bless 
thee,  our  Father  and  God,  that  to  this  mercy-seat  we  may 
come,  in  all  our  weakness,  and  with  all  our  wants ;  in  the 
hour  of  trial  and  temptation  ;  in  all  times  of  difficulty  and 
doubt ;  in  all  seasons  of  sorrow  and  suffering ;  and  in  all 
circumstances  of  affliction  and  distress  ;  and  that  coming 
in  penitence  and  faith,  we  may  obtain  mercy,  and  find 
grace  to  help  in  time  of  need  ;  grace  to  hold  up  the  failing 
hands,  and  to  confirm  the  feeble  knees ;  grace  to  supply 
our  wants  and  necessities ;  to  shield  us  in  temptation  ;  to 
enlighten  us  in  darkness  ;  and  to  bind  up  the  broken  spirit 
and  the  bleeding  heart. 

God  of  benevolence  and  mercy,  we  bless  thy  name,  that 
sinful  though  we  be,  thou  hast  graciously  invited  us  to 
come  unto  thee,  and  make  our  desires  known  ;  to  ask  and 
it  shall  be  given  us  ;  to  seek  and  we  shall  find  ;  to  knock 
and  it  shall  be  opened  unto  us.  We  come  before  diee, 
this  morning,  with  the  voice  of  thanksgiving  for  thy  lov- 
ing kindness  and  tender  mercy  during  our  past  lives,  and 
especially  for  thy  protection  during  the  past  night.  We 
would  supplicate  thy  blessing  for  the  day.  Give  us 
strength  of  body  and  of  mind  for  the  duties  of  the  day ; 
graciously  assist  us  in  our  studies ,  may  we  dedicate  to 
thee  our  time  and  talents,  that  living  to  thy  honor  and  glory 
upon  earth,  we  may  live  with  thee  in  heaven.  Give  ear,  0 
God,  hearken  to  our  prayer,  and  answer  for  Christ's  sake. 


JUSTIFICATION. 


9ri)irU  JFcftiaD   in  tjje  iJHontJ).     lEbeninfl. 

HYMN    75.     p.    M. 

Lenox. 
ARISE,  my  soul,  arise ;  They  strongly  plead  for  me  : 

Shake  oflf  ihy  guilty  fears:  Forgive  him,  O  forgive,  they  cry, 

The  blee<ting  Sacrifice  Nor  let  that  ransom'd  sinner  die. 
Ill  my  behalf  appears: 
Before  the  throne  n.y  S-.rely  stauds,  "^^^  ^^"^^"^  hears  him  pray, 

My  name  U  written  on  his  hands.  "'^  ^^  anoimed  One : 

He  cannot  turn  away 
He  ever  lives  above,  The  presence  of  his  Son : 

For  me  to  intercede;  His  Spirit  answers  to  the  blood, 

His  all-redeeming  love,  And  tells  me  I  am  born  of  God. 
His  precious  blood,  to  plead:  .,     ^    ,  .  ... 

His  blood  atones  for  all  our  race,  ^^  ^'<^„'^.  '*^":=''^ ' 

And  sprinkles  iH,*  tl«  throne  of  grace.  „  "'^  P'^''  '""6  !':"=' ,^,^'^ ' 

He  owns  me  for  his  child ; 

Five  bleeding  wounds  he  bears,  I  c^n  ""  '""ger  fear  : 

Received  on  Calvary ;  ^''th  coiifi.ience  1  now  draw  nigh. 

They  pour  effectual  prayers,  -And  Father,  Abba,  Father,  cry. 

Teacher.  Let  the  wicked  forsake  his  way,  and  the 
unrighteous  man  his  thoughts  ;  and  let  him  return  unto 
the  Lord,  and  he  will  have  mercy  upon  him ;  and  to  our 
God,  for  he  will  abundantly  pardon.     Is.  Iv.  7. 

Scholars.  The  Lord,  the  Lord  God,  merciful  and 
gracious,  long-suffering,  and  abundant  in  goodness  and 
truth,  keeping  mercy  for  thousands,  forgiving  iniquity, 
transgression  and  sin.     Exod.  xxxiv.  6,  7. 

Teach.  I,  even  T,  am  he  that  blotteth  out  thy  trans- 
gression for  mine  own  sake,  and  will  not  remember  thy 
sins.  Put  me  in  remembrance  :  let  us  plead  together,  de- 
clare then  that  thou  mayest  be  justified.  Isa.  xliii.  25,  26. 

ScHOL.  0  Lord,  let  my  Lord,  I  pray  thee,  go  among 
us,  and  pardon  our  iniquity  and  our  sin,  and  take  us  for 
thine  inheritance.     Exod.  xxxiv.  9. 

Teach.     Have  mercy  upon   me,  0  God,  according  to 
thy  loving-kindness  ;  according  unto  the  multitude  of  thy 
tender  mercies  blot  out  my  transgressions.     Ps.  li.  1. 
139 


140  MANUAL,    OF   DEVOTION. 

ScHOL.  "Wash  me  thoroughly  from  mine  iniquity, 
and  cleanse  me  from  my  sin.  For  I  acknowledge  my 
transgressions,  and  my  sin  is  ever  before  me.  Against 
thee,  thee  only,  have  I  sinned,  and  done  this  evil  in  thy 
sight :  that  thou  mightest  be  justified  when  thou  speakest, 
and  be  clear  when  thou  judgest.      Ps.  Iv.  2,  3,  4. 

Teach.  IncUne  your  ear,  and  come  unto  me  ;  hear, 
and  your  soul  shall  live  ;  and  I  will  make  an  everlasting 
covenant  with  you,  even  the  sure  mercies  of  David.  Is. 
Iv.  3. 

iScHOL.  A  broken  and  a  contrite  heart,  0  God,  thou 
wilt  not  despise.     Ps.  li.  17. 

Teach.  The  Lord  is  nigh  unto  them  that  are  of  a 
broken  heart ;  and  saveth  such  as  be  of  a  contiite  spirit. 
Ps.  xxxiv.  18. 

ScHOL.  How  can  man  be  justified  with  God?  Job. 
XXV.  4. 

Teach.  Being  justified  by  faith  we  have  peace  with 
God,  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  By  whom  also  we 
have  access  by  faith  into  this  grace  wherein  we  stand, 
and  rejoice  in  hope  of  the  glory  of  God.     Rom.  v.  ],  2. 

Schol.  By  the  deeds  of  the  law,  there  shall  no  flesh 
be  justified  in  his  sight ;  for  by  the  law  is  the  knowledge 
of  sin.     Rom.  iii.  20. 

Teach.  But  God  commendeth  his  love  towards  us,  in 
that  while  we  were  yet  sinners.  Christ  died  for  us.  Rom. 
V.  8. 

Schol.  Being  now  justified  by  his  blood,  we  shall  be 
saved  from  wrath  through  him.     Rom.  v.  9. 

Teach.  In  whom  we  have  redemption  through  his 
blood,  the  forgiveness  of  sins,  according  to  the  riches  of 
his  grace.     Eph.  i.  7. 

Schol.  For  by  grace  are  ye  saved,  through  faith  ;  and 
that  not  of  yourselves  ;  it  is  the  gift  of  God.     Eph.  ii.  8. 

Teach.  Even  the  righteousness  of  God,  which  is  by 
faith  of  Jesus  Christ  unto  all  and  upon  all  them  that  be- 
lieve.    Rom.  iii.  22. 


THIRD    FRIDAY    IN   THE    MONTH.  141 

13  racer. 

Almighty  and  everlasting;  God,  the  King  eternal,  im- 
mortal and  invisible,  \vho  art  our  Creator,  and  wilt  be  our 
Judge!  we  adore  the  riches  of  thy  grace,  that  although 
justice  and  judgment  are  the  habitation  of  thy  throne,  yet 
mercy  and  truth  have  met  together,  righteousness  and 
peace  have  kissed  each  other.  We  praise  and  give  thanks 
unto  thee,  that  although  out  of  Christ  thou  art  a  consum- 
ing fire,  yet  through  his  sufferings  and  death,  thou  hast 
proclaimed  thyself  "The  Lord,  the  Lord  God  merciful  and 
gracious,  long-suffering,  and  abundant  in  goodness  and 
truth,  keeping  mercy  for  thousands,  forgiving  iniquity, 
transgression  and  sin." 

We  thank  thee  for  the  gracious  invitation  in  thy  word, 
to  sinners  who  are  wandering  from  thee  ;  "  Let  the  wicked 
forsake  his  way,  and  the  unrighteous  man  his  thoughts, 
and  let  him  return  unto  the  Lord,  and  he  will  have  mercy 
upon  him;  and  to  our  God,  for  he  will  abundantly  par- 
don." Lord,  while  we  obey  the  call,  suffer  us  not  to 
come  in  our  own  name,  to  seek  justification  by  the  works 
of  the  law,  but  in  the  name  and  through  the  merits  of 
Him  who  was  delivered  for  our  offences,  and  rose  for  our 
justification ;  that  being  justified  by  faith,  we  may  have 
peace  with  God,  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  re- 
joice in  hope  of  the  glory  of  God. 

For  the  sake  of  our  adorable  Redeemer,  have  mercy 
upon  us,  0  God,  according  to  thy  loving-kindness:  ac- 
cording unto  the  multitude  of  thy  tender  mercies,  blot  out 
our  transgressions  ;  and  to  the  justification  of  our  persons, 
add  the  sanctification  of  our  natures  ;  create  within  us  a 
clean  heart,  and  renew  a  right  spirit  within  us,  that  we 
may  glorify  thee  in  our  souls  and  bodies  which  are  thine. 
We  thank  thee,  0  Lord,  for  the  mercies  of  the  day ;  and 
would  ask  thy  gracious  protection  for  the  night ;  watch 
over  us  during  the  darkness,  preserve  us,  and  at  last  save 
us  for  Christ's  sake.   Amen!    Our  Father,  who  art,  &c. 


ADOPTION 


2ri)irU  Saturtjao  m  t\)z  piontt.     f^orntna. 


HYMN    76.        L.  M. 

Prince. 
GREAT  God,  indulge  ray  humble  claim ; 

Be  thou  ray  hope,  my  joy,  my  rest  j 
The  glories  that  compose  thy  name 

Stand  all  engaged  to  make  me  blest. 

Thou  great  and  good,  tliou  just  and  wise. 
Thou  art  my  Father  and  my  God ; 

And  I  am  thine  by  sacred  ties,— 
Thy  son,  thy  servant  bought  with  blood. 

With  heart  and  eyes,  and  lifted  h.inds. 
For  thee  I  long,  to  thee  I  look ; 

As  travellers  in  thirsty  lands 
Pant  for  the  cooling  water-brook. 

I'll  lift  my  hands,  I'll  raise  my  voice, 
While  I  have  breath  to  pray  or  praise; 

This  work  shall  make  my  heart  rejoice. 
And  fill  the  remnant  of  my  days. 


HYMN    77.        c.  M. 

LanesboTo'. 
SO  V'REIGN  of  all  the  worlds  on  high. 

Allow  my  humble  claim; 
Nor  while,  unworthy,  I  draw  nigh, 

Disdain  a  Father's  name. 

My  Father,  God  !  that  gracious  wori! 

Dispels  my  guilty  fear ; 
Not  all  the  notes  by  angels  heard 

Could  so  delight  my  ear. 

Come,  Holy  Ghost,  thyself  impress 

On  my  expanding  heart ; 
And  show  tliat  in  tlie  Father's  grace 

I  sliare  a  filial  part. 

Cheer'd  by  that  witness  from  on  high, 

Unwav'ring  I  believe ; 
And  At>ba,  Father,  humbly  cry ; 

Nor  can  the  si({n  deceive. 


Teacher.  For  as  many  as  are  letl  by  the  Spirit  of 
God,  they  are  the  Sons  of  God.  For  ye  have  not  received 
the  spirit  of  bondag-e  again  to  fear  ;  but  ye  liave  received 
the  Spirit  of  adoption,  whereby  we  cry  Abba,  Father. 
Rom.  viii.  14,  15. 

Scholars.  The  Spirit  itself  beareth  witness  with  our 
spirit,  that  we  are  the  children  of  God  :  and  if  children, 
then  heirs  :  heirs  of  God  and  joint-heirs  with  Christ ;  if 
so  be  that  we  suffer  with  him,  that  we  may  be  also  glo- 
rified together.     Rom.  viii.  16,  17. 

Teach.  When  the  fulness  of  the  time  was  come,  God 
sent  forth  his  son  made  of  a  woman,  made  under  the 
law.     Galat.  iv.  4. 

ScHOL.  To  redeem  them  that  were  under  the  law,  that 
we  might  receive  the  adoption  of  sons.     Galat.  iv.  5. 

Teach.  And  because  ye  are  sons,  God  hath  sent  forth 
142 


THIRD    SATURDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  143 

ihe  Spirit  of  his  Son  into  your  hearts,  crying  Abba,  Fa- 
ther.    Galat.  iv.  6. 

ScHOL.  He  came  unto  his  own,  and  his  own  received 
him  not.  But  as  many  as  received  him,  to  them  gave  he 
power  to  become  the  sons  of  God.     John  i.  11,  1'2. 

Teach.  Which  were  born,  not  of  blood,  nor  of  the 
will  of  the  flesh,  nor  of  the  will  of  man,  but  of  God. 
John  i.  13. 

ScHOL.  For  whom  he  did  foreknow,  he  also  did  pre- 
destinate to  be  conformed  to  the  image  of  his  Son,  that 
he  might  be  the  first-born  among  many  brethren.  Rom. 
viii.  29. 

Teach.  Not  by  works  of  righteousness  which  we 
have  done,  but  according  to  his  mercy  he  saved  us,  by 
the  washing  of  regeneration,  and  renewing  of  the  Holy 
Ghost.     Titus  iii.  5. 

ScHOL.  "Which  he  shed  on  us  abundantly,  through 
Jesus  Christ  our  Saviour  ;  that  being  justified  by  his 
grace  we  should  be  made  heirs  according  to  the  hope  of 
eternal  life.     Titus  iii.  6,  7. 

Teach.  That  ye  may  be  blameless  and  harmless,  the 
sons  of  God  without  rebuke,  in  the  midst  of  a  crooked 
and  perverse  nation,  among  whom  ye  shine  as  lights  in 
the  world.     Phil.  ii.  15. 

ScHOL.  Behold  what  manner  of  love  the  Father  hath 
bestowed  upon  us,  that  we  should  be  called  the  sons  of 
God !  therefore  the  world  knoweth  us  not,  because  it 
knew  him  not.  Beloved,  now  are  we  the  sons  of  God, 
and  it  doth  not  yet  appear  what  we  shall  be  :  but  we 
know  that,  when  he  shall  appear,  we  shall  be  like  him  ; 
for  we  shall  see  him  as  he  is.     1  John  iii,  1,  2. 

Teach.  In  this  the  children  of  God  are  manifest,  and 
the  children  of  the  devil :  whosoever  doeth  not  righteous- 
ness is  not  of  God,  neither  he  that  lovelh  not  his  brother. 
1  John  iii.  10. 

ScHOL.  He  that  overcometh  shall  inherit  all  things  ; 
tand  I  will  be  his  God, and  he  shall  be  my  son.  Rev.  xxi,  7 


144  MANtJAL    OF    DETOTlOSr. 

Almighty  and  most  merciful  God,  while  we  encompass 
thy  throne,  with  that  profound  reverence  which  becomes 
creatures  before  their  Creator,  we  would  approach  thee 
with  filial  confidence  as  our  Father  in  heaven.  We  bless 
thee  for  the  encouragement  of  the  promise,  "I  will  be  a 
Father  unto  yo'u,  and  ye  shall  be  my  sons  and  daughters." 

Thou  hast  powerful  claims  upon  our  gratitude,  love  and 
praise.  As  our  Creator,  thou  art  our  Father.  Thy  hands 
have  fashioned  us  for  thyself,  to  show  forth  thy  glory. 
As  our  Preserver,  thou  art  our  Father.  Thy  paternal 
hand  has  led  us  all  our  lives  long,  and  supplied  our  wants 
and  necessities.  Our  Father  and  God  in  Christ,  as  we 
are  thy  natural  workmanship,  created  by  thy  omnipotence, 
and  supported  by  thy  providence,  0  make  us  thy  spiritual 
workmanship,  created  anew  in  Christ  Jesus,  unto  right- 
eousness and  true  holiness ;  and  grant,  we  beseech  thee, 
that  each  day,  we  may  live  to  thy  glory,  as  we  live  upon 
thy  bounty. 

Our  Father  in  heaven,  we  acknowledge  that  we  have 
been  disobedient  and  sinful.  0  grant  us  repentance  unto 
salvation,  receive  us  into  the  family  of  thy  children,  and 
send  into  our  hearts  the  spirit  of  adoption,  whereby  we 
may  cry  Abba,  Father, — the  Spirit  itself  bearing  witness 
with  our  spirit,  that  we  are  the  children  of  God  ;  and,  if 
children,  then  heirs;  heirs  of  God,  and  joint-heirs  with 
Christ. 

May  we  ever  love  thee  with  grateful  hearts,  and  serve 
thee  with  willing  minds,  and  reverence  thee  with  a  filial 
fear — that  we  may  be  blameless  and  harmless,  the  sons 
of  God  without  rebuke  in  the  midst  of  a  crooked  and  per- 
verse generation.  And  to  the  Father  of  all,  who  is  above 
all,  and  through  all,  and  in  us  all,  be  honor  and  glory, 
forever.  Amen!  Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hal- 
lowed be  thy  name  :  thy  kingdom  come  :  thy  will  be  done 
in  earth  as  it  is  in  heaven  :  give  us  this  day,  &c 


SANCTIFICATION. 


Cljitti  Satucl3a5  in  tl)e  iHontij.    32htnmQ 


HYMN    78.        c.  M. 

Marlow. 
0  FOR  a  hera-t  to  praise  my  God, 

A  heart  from  sin  set  free;— 
A  heart  that  always  feels  thy  blood, 

So  freely  spilt  for  me. 

A  he-trt  resign'd,  submissive,  meek, 
Aly  great  Redeemer's  throne; 

Where  only  Christ  is  heard  to  speafc  — 
Where  Jesus  reigns  alone. 

O  for  a  lowly,  contrite  heart, 

Believing,  true,  and  clean ; 
Which  neither  life  nor  death  can  ^axt 

From  him  that  dwells  within:; 

A  heart  in  every  thought  renew'd, 

And  full  of  love  divine ; 
Perfect,  and  right,  and  pure  and  good, 

A  copy,  Lord,  of  thine. 


HYMN    79.        3.  M. 

Lansdale. 
THE  thing  my  God  doth  hate. 

That  I  no  more  may  do, 
Thy  creature,  Lord  again  create, 

And  all  my  soul  renew : 

My  soul  shall  then,  like  tiiine, 
Abhor  the  thing  unclean. 

And,  sanctified  by  love  divine, 
Forever  cease  from  siu. 

That  blessed  law  of  thine, 

Jesus,  to  me  impart ; 
Tlie  Spirit's  law  of  life  divine, 

Uh.  write  it  on  my  hean  ! 

Implant  it  deep  within, 

Whence  it  may  ne'er  remove,— 
The  law  of  libeny  from  sin. 

The  perfect  law  of  love. 


Teacher.  This  is  the  will  of  God,  even  your  sanc- 
tification.     1  Thess.  iv.  3. 

Scholars.  The  Lord  appeared  to  Abram,  and  said 
unto  him,  I  am  the  Almighty  God  :  walk  before  me,  and 
be  thou  perfect.     Gen.  xvii.  1. 

Teach.  Be  ye  therefore  perfect,  even  as  your  Father 
which  is  in  heaven  is  perfect.     Matt.  v.  48. 

Schol.  It  is  God  that  girdeth  me  with  strength,  and 
maketh  my  way  perfect.     Ps.  xviii.  32. 

Teach.  Now  the  God  of  peace,  that  brought  again 
from  the  dead  our  Lord  Jesus,  that  great  Shepherd  of  the 
sheep,  through  the  blood  of  the  everlasting  covenant, 
make  you  perfect  in  every  good  work.     Heb.  xiii.  20. 

Schol.  Follow  peace  with  all  men,  and  hohness> 
without  which  no  man  shall  see  the  Lord  :  looking  dil> 
13  145 


146  MANUAL    OF    DEVOTION. 

igently,  lest  any  root  of  bitterness  springing  up   trouble 
you,  and  thereby  many  be  defiled.     Heb.  xii.  14,  15 

Teach.  I  am  the  Lord  your  God  ;  ye  shall  therefore 
sanctify  yourselves,  and  ye  shall  be  holy,  for  1  am  holy. 
Lev.  xi.  44. 

ScHOL.  But  we  all,  with  open  face  beholding  as  in  a 
glass  the  glory  of  the  Lord,  are  changed  into  the  same 
image  from  glory  to  glory,  even  as  by  the  Spirit  of  the 
Lord.     2  Cor.  iii.  18. 

Teach.  God  hath  from  the  beginning  chosen  you  to 
salvation  through  sanctification  of  the  Spirit  and  belief  of 
the  truth,  whereunto  he  called  you  by  our  gospel,  to  the 
obtaining  of  the  glory  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  2  Thess. 
ii.  13, 14. 

ScHOL.  Wash  me  thoroughly  from  my  iniquity,  and 
cleanse  me  from  my  sin.     Ps.  li.  2. 

Teach.  Though  your  sins  be  as  scarlet,  they  shall  be 
as  white  as  snow,  though  they  be  red  like  crimson,  they 
shall  be  as  wool.     Is.  i.  18. 

ScHOL.  Cleanse  thou  me  from  secret  faults.  Ps. 
xix.  12. 

Teach.  Then  will  I  sprinkle  clean  water  upon  you, 
and  ye  shall  be  clean  ;  from  all  your  filthiness,  and  from 
all  your  idols,  will  I  cleanse  you.     Ezek.  xxxvi.  25. 

ScHOL.  Let  us  draw  near  with  a  true  heart  in  full  as- 
surance of  faith,  having  our  hearts  sprinkled  from  an 
evil  conscience,  and  our  bodies  washed  with  pure  water. 
Heb.  X.  22. 

Teach.  Everyman  that  hath  this  hope  in  him  puri- 
fieth  himself,  even  as  he  is  pure.     1  John  ili.  3. 

ScHOL.  Christ  gave  himself  for  us,  that  he  might  re- 
deem us  from  all  iniquity,  and  purify  unto  himself  a  pe- 
culiar people,  zealous  of  good  works.     Tit.  ii.  14. 

Teach.  The  very  God  of  peace  sanctify  you  wholly, 
and  I  pray  God,  your  whole  spirit,  and  soul,  and  body, 
be  preserved  blameless  unto  the  coming  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ.     1  Thess.  v.  23. 


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THIRD   SATURDAY   IN   THE    MONTH.  147 


0  Thou  who  art  the  Holy  One  of  Israel,  whose  name 
is  Holy;  we  would  approach  thee  with  reverence  and  hu- 
mility, and  adoring  thee  in  the  matchless  purity  of  thy 
character,  with  the  angelic  hosts  would  exclaim,  "Holy, 
holy,  holy  Lord  God  Almighty,  who  was,  and  is,  and  is 
to  come."  Thou  art  infinitely  holy,  O  Lord,  in  thy  at- 
tributes, holy  in  all  thy  works,  and  in  all  thy  ways  ;  every 
word  of  thy  mouth  is  pure  and  holy;  and  thy  law  is  holy, 
just  and  good.  The  very  heavens  are  not  pure  in  thy 
sight;  thou  chargest  thine  angels  with  folly,  and  canst 
not  behold  iniquity  with  allowance. 

With  what  reverence  and  fear  then,  should  we,  who  are 
sinful  vv-orms  of  the  dust,  appear  in  thy  presence?  Lord, 
we  acknowledge  our  transgressions,  and  our  sins  are  ever 
before  us.  But  we  bless  thy  name,  that  thou  hast  invited 
us  to  draw  nigh  to  the  throne  of  grace,  and  hast  promised, 
that  though  our  sins  be  as  scarlet,  they  shall  be  as  white 
as  snow  ;  though  they  be  red  as  crimson,  they  shall  be 
as  wool. 

Most  merciful  God  and  Father,  we  accept  the  gracious 
invitation,  and  come  to  thee  through  our  divine  Mediator 
and  Redeemer,  and  beseech  thee,  for  his  sake,  to  blot  out 
our  sins.  Cast  us  not  away  from  thy  presence,  0  infinite 
Purity,  and  take  not  thy  Holy  Spirit  from  us.  Purge  us 
with  hyssop,  and  we  shall  be  clean ;  wash  us,  and  we 
shall  be  whiter  than  snow. 

Blessed  Jesus,  who  art  the  way,  the  truth  and  the  life, 
be  thou  our  wisdom,  that  we  may  be  delivered  from  the 
folly  of  our  nature ;  be  thou  our  righteousness,  that  we 
may  be  cleansed  from  the  guilt  of  sin  ;  be  thou  our  sanc- 
tification,  that  we  may  present  our  bodies  as  living  sacri- 
fices, holy  and  acceptable  to  God,  which  is  our  reasonable 
service ;  that  the  very  God  of  peace  may  sanctify  us 
wholly;  and  our  spirit,  soul  and  body  may  be  preserved 
blameless  unto  the  coming  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 


THE  HOLY  SABBATH 


jFourtl)  Suntiaw  fix  ti)z  itlontft.    ifttornlnn. 


HYMN     80.        s.  M. 

Lisbon. 
WELCOME,  sweet  day  of  rest, 

That  saw  the  Lord  arise; 
Welcome  to  this  reviving  breast, 

And  these  rejoicing  eyes ! 

The  King  himself  comes  near, 

And  feasts  his  saints  to-day 
Here  we  may  sit,  and  see  him  here, 

And  love,  and  praise,  and  pray. 
One  day  in  such  a  place. 

Where  thou  my  God,  art  seen, 
Is  sweeter  than  ten  thousand  days 

Of  pleasurable  sin. 

My  willing  bouI  would  stay 

In  such  a  frame  as  this, 
And  sit  and  sing  herself  away 

To  everlasting  bliss. 


HYMN     81.        c.  M. 

Waugh. 
TfflS  is  the  day  the  Lord  haUi  made ; 

O  earth,  rejoice  and  sing:) 
Let  songs  of  triumph  hail  the  morn ; 

Hosanna  to  our  King  I 

The  Stone  the  builders  set  at  nought, 

That  Stone  has  now  become 
The  sure  foundation,  and  the  strength 

Of  Zion's  heavenly  dome. 
Christ  is  that  stone,  rejected  once. 

And  number'd  wtli  tlie  slain  ; 
Now  raised  in  glory,  o'er  his  Church 

Eternally  to  reign. 

This  is  the  day  the  Lord  hath  made ; 

O  eartli,  rejoice  and  sing : 
With  songs  of  triumph  hail  the  morn ; 

Hosanua  to  our  King  I 


Teacher.  Remember  the  Sabbath-day  to  keep  it  holy. 
Six  days  shalt  thou  labor,  and  do  all  thy  work  ;  but  the 
seventh  day  is  the  Sabbath  of  the  Lord  thy  God  ;  in  it 
thou  shalt  not  do  any  work,  thou,  nor  thy  son,  nor  thy 
daughter,  thy  man-servant,  nor  thy  maid-servant,  nor 
thy  cattle,  nor  thy  stranger  that  is  within  thy  gates.  Ex. 
XX,  8,  9,  10. 

Scholars.  For  in  six  days  the  Lord  made  heaven 
and  earth,  the  sea,  and  all  that  in  them  is,  and  rested  the 
se-\":Bnth  day  ;  wherefore  the  Lord  blessed  the  Sabbath- 
day  and  hallowed  it.     Ex.  xx.  11. 

Teach.  Ye  shall  keep  the  Sabbath  therefore  :  for  it  is 
holy  unto  you.  Every  one  that  defileth  it  shall  surely 
be  put  to  death  :  for  whosoever  doeth  any  work  therein, 
that  soul  shall  be  cut  off  from  among  his  people.  Ex. 
xxxi.  14. 

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FOURTH    SUNDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  149 

ScHOL.  Verily,  my  Sabbaths  ye  shall  keep  ;  for  it  is  a 
sign  between  me  and  you  throughout  your  generations  ; 
that  ye  may  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  that  doth  sanctify 
you.     Ex.  xxxi.  13. 

Teach.  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  from  one  new 
moon  to  another,  and  from  one  Sabbath  to  another,  shall 
all  flesh  come  to  worship  before  me,  saith  the  Lord.  Is. 
Ivi.  23. 

ScHOL.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Take  heed  to  yourselves, 
and  bear  no  burden  on  the  Sabbath-day.     Jer.  xvii.  21. 

Teach.  Neither  carry  forth  a  burden  out  of  your 
houses  on  the  Sabbath-day,  neither  do  ye  any  work  ;  but 
hallow  ye  the  Sabbath-day,  as  I  commanded  your  fathers. 
Jer.  xvii.  22. 

ScHOL.  And  whatsoever  soul  it  be  that  doeth  any 
work  in  that  same  day,  the  same  soul  will  I  destroy  from 
among  his  people.     Levit.  xxiii.  30. 

Teach.  Blessed  is  the  man  that  doeth  this,  and  the 
son  of  man  that  layeth  hold  on  it ;  that  keepeth  the  Sab- 
bath from  polluting  it,  and  keepeth  his  hand  from  doing 
any  evil.     Isa.  Ivi.  2. 

ScHOL.  Moreover,  also  I  gave  them  my  Sabbaths,  to 
be  a  sign  between  me  and  them,  that  they  might  know 
that  I  am  the  Lord  that  sanctify  them.     Ezek.  xx.  12. 

Teach.  Every  one  that  keepeth  the  Sabbath  from  pol- 
luting it,  and  taketh  hold  of  my  covenant ;  even  them 
will  I  bring  to  my  holy  mountain,  and  make  them  joyful 
in  my  house  of  prayer.    Is.  Ivi.  6,  7. 

ScHOL.  Make  a  joyful  noise  unto  the  Lord  all  ye 
lands.  Serve  the  Lord  with  gladness  :  come  before  his 
presence  with  singing.     Ps.  c.  1,  2. 

Teach.  Know  ye  that  the  Lord  he  is  God  :  it  is  he 
that  hath  made  us,  and  not  we  ourselves  ;  we  are  his 
people,  and  the  sheep  of  his  pasture.     Ps.  c.  3. 

ScHOL.     Enter  into  his   gates  with  thanksgiving,  and 
into  his  courts  with  praise  :  be  thankful  unto  him,  and 
bless  his  name.     Ps.  c.  4. 
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150  MANUAL    OF   DEVOTION. 

3,3ra2ct;. 

Great  and  glorious  Jehovah,  author  and  end  of  all 
things,  we  adore  thee  as  the  Lord  of  the  Sabbath.  We 
praise  and  give  thanks  unto  thine  excellent  name,  that 
thou  didst  institute  and  hallow  a  day  of  rest,  in  which,  re- 
lieved from  worldly  toil  and  care,  we  may  hold  sweet 
communion  with  thee,  and  with  the  Holy  Spirit. 

We  bless  thee  for  the  return  of  its  sacred  light,  and  for 
the  health  and  strength  with  which  thou  hast  favored  us 
to  engage  in  its  religious  duties.  Inspire  our  hearts,  we 
beseech  thee,  that  we  may  be  in  the  spirit,  upon  thine 
own  day,  not  doing  our  own  ways,  nor  finding  our  own 
pleasure,  nor  speaking  our  own  words,  but  that  we  may^ 
consecrate  its  houi-s  unreservedly  to  thee.  This  is  the  day 
which  the  Lord  hath  made,  we  will  rejoice  and  be  glad  in 
it.  0  come,  and  let  us  worship,  and  bow  down  before 
the  Lord  our  Maker ;  for  he  is  our  God,  and  we  are  the 
people  of  his  pasture,  and  the  sheep  of  his  hand.  Let  us 
come  before  his  presence  with  thanksgiving,  and  enter  his 
courts  with  praise. 

Lord  of  the  Sabbath,  go  with  us  to  the  temple  of  thine 
earthly  abode,  and  bless  us  in  all  the  exercises  of  the 
sanctuary,  while  we  are  waiting  before  thee.  When  we 
sing  thy  praises,  inspire  our  hearts,  we  beseech  thee,  that 
we  may  sing  with  the  spirit  and  with  the  understanding, 
making  melody  in  our  hearts  to  God.  When  we  pray, 
forbid  that  we  should  draw  nigh  to  thee  with  our  lips, 
while  our  hearts  are  far  from  thee  ;  but  give  us-,  we  entreat 
thee,  the  spirit  of  prayer,  and  nearness  of  access  by  faith, 
unto  the  throne  of  the  heavenly  grace,  that  we  may  wor- 
ship thee  in  the  beauty  of  holiness,  and  that  answers  of 
peace  may  come  to  our  waiting  souls.  And  while  we  at- 
tend to  the  ministration  of  thy  word,  may  we  listen  to  the 
truths  of  the  gospel  with  attentive  ears  and  willing  minds, 
that  we  may  receive  them  into  our  hearts,  and  practise 
tliem  in  our  lives.    And,  at  last,  save  us,  for  Christ's  sake. 


THE  HOLY   SABBATH 


jfourtl)  SunUai)  in  t!)c  ^Hontf).     HVienins. 


HYMN    82.     L.  M. 

Hingham. 
SWEET  is  the  work,  ray  Gcx3,  my  King, 
To  praise  thy  name,  give  thanks,  and  sing ; 
To  Ehow  thy  love  by  morning  light, 
And  talk  of  all  thy  truths  by  night. 
Sweet  is  the  day  of  sacred  rest ; 
No  mortal  cares  shall  seize  ray  breast ; 
0  may  my  heart  in  tune  be  found, 
Like  David's  heap  of  solemn  sound. 
When  grace  has  purified  my  heart, 
Then  I  shall  share  a  glorious  part  ; 
And  fresh  suppUes  of  joy  be  sned, 
Like  holy  oil  to  cheer  my  head. 
Then  shall  I  see,  and  hear,  and  know 
All  I  desiret'i  or  wish'd  below  ; 
And  every  power  find  sweet  employ 
In  tlmt  eternal  world  of  joy. 


HYMN    83.     P.  M. 

Sabbath. 
THE  light  of  Sabbath  eve 

Is  fading  fast  away  : 
What  record  will  it  leave, 

To  crown  the  closing  day  7 
Is  it  a  Sabbath  spent. 

Of  fruitless  time  destroyed  7 
Or  have  these  moments  lent, 

Been  sacredly  employ 'd  1 

To  waste  tliese  Sabbath  hours, 

O  may  we  never  dare  ; 
Nor  tamt  with  thoughts  of  ours 

Those  sacred  days  of  prayer  : 
But  may  oiu-  Sabbaths  here 

Inspire  our  hearts  with  love ; 
And  prove  a  foretaste  clear 

Of  that  sweet  rest  above. 


Teacher.  Six  days  shall  work  be  done  :  but  the 
seventh  day  is  the  Sabbath  of  rest,  a  holy  convocation  : 
ye  shall  do  no  work  therein  :  it  is  the  Sabbath  of  the 
Lord  in  all  your  dwellings.     Levit.  xxiii.  3. 

Scholars.  For  God  blessed  the  seventh  day,  and  sanc- 
tified it  ;  because  that  in  it  he  had  rested  from  all  his 
work  which  God  created  and  made.     Gen.  ii.  3. 

Teach.  I  am  the  Lord  your  God  ;  walk  in  my  sta- 
tutes, and  keep  my  judgments,  and  do  them.  Ezek.  xx. 
19. 

Schol.  And  hallow  my  Sabbaths  ;  and  they  shall  be 
a  sign  between  me  and  you,  that  ye  may  know  that  I  am 
the  Lord  your  God.     Ezek.  xx.  20. 

Teach.     If  thou  turn  away  thy  foot  from  the  Sabbath, 

from  doing  thy  pleasure  on  my  holy  day,  and  call  the 

Sabbath  a  delight,  the  holy  of  the  Lord,  honorable,  and 

shalt  honor  him,  not  doing  thine  own  ways,  nor  finding 

151 


152  MANUAL    OF    DEVOTION. 

thine  own  pleasure,  nor  speaking  thine  own  words.     Is 
Iviii.  13. 

ScHOL.  Then  shalt  thou  delight  thyself  in  the  Lord, 
and  I  will  cause  thee  to  ride  upon  the  high  places  of  the 
earth,  and  feed  thee  with  the  heritage  of  Jacob  thy  father, 
for  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  hath  spoken  it.     Is.  Iviii.  14. 

Teach.  Ye  shall  keep  my  Sabbaths,  and  reverence 
my  sanctuary  :  I  am  the  Lord.     Levit.  xxvi.  2. 

ScHOL.  If  ye  walk  in  my  statutes  and  keep  my  com- 
mandments, and  do  them  ;  then  I  will  give  you  rain  in 
due  season,  and  the  land  shall  yield  her  increase,  and  the 
trees  of  the  field  shall  yield  their  fruit.    Levit.  xxvi.  3,  4. 

Teach.  And  your  threshing  shall  reach  unto  the  vin- 
tage, and  the  vintage  shall  reach  unto  the  sowing-time  ; 
and  ye  shall  eat  your  bread  to  the  full,  and  dwell  in  your 
land  safely.     Levit.  xxvi.  5. 

ScHOL.  And  I  will  give  peace  in  the  land,  and  ye 
shall  lie  down;  and  none  shall  make  you  afraid  ;  and  I 
will  rid  evil  beasts  out  of  the  land,  neither  shall  the  sword 
go  through  your  land.     Levit.  xxvi.  6. 

Teach.  For  I  will  have  respect  unto  you,  and  make 
you  fruitful  and  multiply  you,  and  establish  my  covenant 
with  you.    Levit.  xxvi.  9. 

ScHOL.  And  I  will  set  my  tabernacle  among  you  :  and 
my  soul  shall  not  abhor  you.  And  I  will  walk  among 
you,  and  will  be  your  God,  and  ye  shall  be  my  people. 
Levit.  xxvi.  11,  12. 

Teach.  But  if  ye  will  not  hearken  unto  me,  and  do 
these  things,  I  will  scatter  you  among  the  heathen,  and 
will  draw  out  a  sword  after  you  :  and  your  land  shall 
be  desolate,  and  your  cities  waste.     Levit.  xxvi.  33. 

ScHOL.  Then  shall  the  land  enjoy  her  Sabbaths,  as 
long  as  it  lieth  desolate,  and  ye  be  in  your  enemies'  land  ; 
even  then  shall  the  land  rest,  and  enjoy  her  Sabbaths.  Aa 
long  as  it  lieth  desolate  it  shall  rest  ;  because  it  did  not 
rest  in  your  Sabbaths,  when  ye  dwelt  upon  it.  Levit. 
xxvi.  34,  35. 


FOURTH    SUNDAY    IN   THE    MONTH.  153 

Infinitely  great  and  glorious  Jehovah,  God  of  grace 
and  salvation,  we  draw  nigh  to  thy  throne  of  mercy  at  the 
close  of  the  blessed  Sabbath,  and  in  the  name  of  him, 
whose  resurrection  from  the  dead  it  commemorates,  would 
lift  up  our  eyes  to  thee  from  whence  cometh  all  our  help. 
We  thank  thee  for  the  enjoyment  of  another  day  of  rest, 
for  the  privileges  of  thy  holy  house,  and  for  all  the  means 
of  grace  with  which  v/e  have  been  favored.  Make  us 
duly  sensible  of  all  thy  mercies,  and  diligent  in  the  im- 
provement of  them,  to  thy  honor  and  glory. 

This  day,  have  the  goings  forth  of  our  God  and  King, 
/been  seen  in  his  sanctuary;  this  day,  has  the  Shepherd  of 
Israel  led  his  flock  into  the  green  pastures  of  gospel  ordi- 
nances, and  by  the  still  waters  of  gospel  comfort ;  this 
day,  has  the  trumpet  of  salvation  been  sounded  in  the  ears 
of  thousands.  Grant,  0  Lord,  that  to  the  listening  mul- 
titudes, the  gospel  of  the  Son  of  God  may  have  come,  not 
only  in  word,  but  in  demonstration  of  the  Spirit,  and  in 
power,  and  much  assurance  ;  and  that  they  liave  known, 
and  heard,  and  loved  the  joyful  sound.  May  thy  word 
run,  and  have  free  course,  and  be  glorified  in  the  hearts 
and  minds  of  the  people — to  enlighten  the  ignorant,  to 
awaken  the  careless,  to  reclaim  the  wandering,  to  confimn 
the  weak,  to  establish  the  wavering,  to  comfort  the  afBic- 
ted,  and  to  make  a  people  prepared  for  the  Lord. 

Send  out  thy  light  and  truth,  0  God,  for  the  conversion 
of  the  nations.  May  those  that  sit  in  heathenish  darkness 
and  in  the  regions  of  death,  see  the  great  light  of  the  gos- 
pel; may  the  solitary  places  of  the  earth  be  made  glad, 
and  the  desert  bloom  and  blossom  as  the  rose  ;  may  all  the 
kingdoms  of  this  world  become  the  kingdoms  of  our  God 
and  of  his  Christ,  till,  from  each  continent  and  isle  of  the 
sea,  pra.yer  and  praise  shall  ascend  to  the  one  true  God. 

A  nd  when  we  have  done  and  suffered  thy  will  here,  bring 
us,  with  all  the  redeemed,  to  enjoy  an  endless  Sabbath  in 
thy  kingdom,  for  Christ's  sake.   Amen !    Our  Father,  &c. 


RIGHTEOUSNESS 


jFourtt  l^onTiap  in  tt)e  J^ontl).     ittorninfl. 


HYMN    84.    c.  M. 

Iddo. 
I  WANT  a  principle  within, 

Of  jealous,  godly  fear  ; 
A  sensibility  of  sin,— 

A  pain  to  feel  it  near. 

Quick  as  the  apple  of  an  eye, 

O  God,  my  conscience  make ; 
Awake  my  soul  when  sin  is  nigh, 

And  keep  it  still  awake. 
If  to  the  right  or  left  I  stray, 

That  moment.  Lord,  reprove ; 
And  let  me  weep  my  life  away, 

For  having  grieved  thy  love. 

O  may  the  least  omission  pain 

My  well-instructed  soul, 
And  drive  me  to  the  blood  again, 

Which  makes  the  wounded  whole. 


HYMN    85.    L.  M. 

New  Sabbath. 
ARISE,  my  soul,  on  wings  sublime, 
Above  the  vanities  of  time  ; 
Let  faith  now  pierce  the  veil,  and  SM 
The  glories  of  eternity. 

Born  by  a  new,  celestial  birth, 
Why  should  I  grovel  here  on  earth? 
Why  grasp  at  vain  and  fleeting  toy», 
So  near  to  heaven's  eternal  joys  1 

Shall  aught  beguile  me  on  the  road,— 
The  narrow  road  that  leads  to  God  7 
Or  can  I  love  this  earth  so  well, 
As  not  to  long  with  God  to  dwell  7 

To  dwell  with  God,— to  taste  his  love 
Is  the  full  heaven  enjoy'd  above  : 
The  glorious  expectation  now 
Is  heavenly  bliss  begun  below. 


Teacher.  What  manner  of  persons  ought  ye  to  be  in 
all  holy  conversation  and  godliness.     2  Pet.  iii.  11. 

Scholars.  The  grace  of  God  that  bringeth  salvation 
hath  appeared  to  all  men,  teaching  us  that,  denying  un- 
godliness and  worldly  lusts,  we  should  live  soberly, 
righteously,  and  godly,  in  this  present  world.  Titus  ii. 
11,  12. 

Teach.  Break  off  thy  sins  by  righteousness,  and 
thine  iniquities  by  shewing  mercy.     Dan.  iv.  27. 

Schol.  It  shall  be  our  righteousness  if  we  observe  to 
do  all  these  commandments  before  the  Lord  our  God,  as 
he  hath  commanded  us.     Deut.  vi.  25. 

Teach.  Except  your  righteousness  shall  exceed  the 
righteousness  of  the  Scribes  and  Pharisees,  ye  shall  in  no 
case  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  heaven.    Matt.  v.  20. 

Schol.  Not  by  works  of  righteousness  which  we 
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FOURTH  MONDAY   IN  THE   MONTH.  155 

have  done,  but  according:  to  his  mercy  he  saved  us,  by 
the  washing  of  regeneration,  and  renewing  of  the  Holy 
Ghost.    Titus  iii.  5. 

Teach.  Who  his  own  self  bare  our  sins  in  his  own 
body  on  the  tree,  that  we,  being  dead  to  sins,  should  live 
unto  righteousness.     1  Pet.  ii.  24. 

ScHOL.  And  now,  little  children,  abide  in  him.  If 
ye  know  that  he  is  righteous,  ye  know  that  every  one 
that  doeth  righteousness  is  born  of  him.  1  John  ii.  28,  29. 

Teach.  Stand,  therefore,  having  your  loins  girt  about 
with  truth,  and  having  on  the  breast-plate  of  righteous- 
ness.    Eph.  vi.  14. 

ScHOL.  For  all  this  I  considered  in  my  heart  even  to 
decla.re  all  this,  that  the  righteous,  and  the  wise,  and 
their  works,  are  in  the  hand  of  God.     Eccl.  ix.  1. 

Teach.  Thou  meetest  him  that  rejoiceth  and  worketli 
righteousness,  those  that  remember  thee  in  thy  ways. 
Isa.  Ixiv.  5. 

ScHOL.  Righteous  art  thou,  0  Lord,  and  upright  are 
thy  judgments,  the  righteousness  of  thy  testimonies  is 
everlasting,  give  me  understanding,  and  I  shall  live.  Ps. 
cxix.  137,  144. 

Teach.  The  thoughts  of  the  righteous  are  right :  but 
the  counsels  of  th^  wicked  are  deceit.      Prov.  xii.  5. 

ScHOL.  When  the  righteous  are  in  authority,  the  peo- 
ple rejoice  :  but  when  the  wicked  beareth  rule  the  people 
mourn.     Prov.  xxix.  2. 

Teach.  Follow  after  righteousness,  godliness,  faith, 
love,  patience,  meekness,  fight  the  good  fight  of  faith.  1 
Tim.  vi.  11. 

ScHOL.  The  way  of  the  wicked  is  an  abomination 
unto  the  Lord  ;  but  he  loveth  him  that  foUoweth  after 
righteousness.     Prov.  xv.  9. 

Teach.  The  wicked  is  driven  away  in  his  wickedness : 
but  the  righteous  hath  hope  in  his  death.     Prov.  xiv.  32. 

Schol.  Let  me  die  the  death  of  the  righteous,  and  let 
my  last  end  be  like  his.     Numb,  xxiii.  10. 


156  MANUAL    OF   DEVOTION. 

Almighty  God,  our  Creator  and  Preserver,  we  adore 
thee  as  the  righteous  Lord  who  loveth  righteousness. 
Thou  art  righteous  in  all  thy  purposes,  and  holy  in  all  thy 
ways.  In  presenting  ourselves  before  thee,  forbid  that  we 
should  come,  like  the  proud  Pharisee,  trusting  in  our  own 
righteousness;  but  as  the  humble  Pubhcan,  confessing 
our  sins,  that  we  may  find  mercy  and  acceptance  with 
thee,  and  the  grace  of  obedience  to  thy  blessed  will. 

Under  a  sense  of  our  unworthiness  and  helplessness, 
may  we  ever  feel,  that  it  is  not  by  works  of  righteousness 
which  we  have  done,  but  according  to  the  mercy  of  God 
in  Christ  Jesus,  that  he  has  saved  us,  by  the  washing  of 
regeneration,  and  the  renewing  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  Oh! 
grant  that  our  hearts  may  ever  rejoice  in  him  as  the  Lord 
our  Righteousness,  who  his  own  self  bore  our  sins  in  his 
own  body  upon  the  tree,  that  we  being  dead  to  sin,  should 
live  unto  righteousness. 

With  a  grateful  sense  of  all  thy  mercies,  0  Lord,  we 
would  express  the  homage  of  our  hearts  for  the  privileges 
of  the  sanctuary  on  thy  holy  day,  and  for  thy  gracious 
protection  during  the  past  night.  We  would  supplicate 
thy  throne  this  morning,  for  thy  blessing  upon  us,  and 
for  thy  merciful  direction  in  the  duties  j^nd  secular  engage- 
ments of  the  present  week.  Forbid,  we  pray  thee,  that 
any  gracious  impressions  of  the  past  Sabbath  should  be 
as  the  early  cloud,  and  as  the  morning  dew  ;  but  may  thy 
good  spirit  abide  with  us,  and  prepare  our  hearts  for  all 
the  duties,  difficulties,  trials,  temptations,  crosses  and  con- 
flicts of  the  week  upon  which  we  have  entered. 

Bless  us  this  day  in  our  studies,  we  beseech  thee ;  open 
our  minds  to  receive  knowledge,  and  our  hearts  to  receive 
spiritual  truth;  in  all  our  doubts,  be  thou  our  guide ;  in 
all  our  difficulties,  be  thou  our  support ;  in  all  the  dangers 
that  beset  us,  be  thou  our  defence ;  and  at  last,  with  that 
innumerable  multitude,  which  no  man  can  number,  bring 
us,  with  all  our  friends,  to  praise  thee  in  heaven.  Amen ! 


BEWARDS  OF  RIGHTEOUSNESS. 


jFourtl)  i^ontJas   m  t1)e  ptonti).     Hbenina- 


HYMN    86.        8.  M. 

HarU 
WHAT  cheering  words  are  these! 

Their  sweetness  who  can  tell  1 
In  lime  and  to  eternity, 

Tis  with  the  righteous  welL 

Wa  well  when  joys  arise, 
vTis  well  when  sorrows  flow ; 
lis  well  when  darkness  yeils  the  skies, 
And  strong  temptations  blow. 

•Tis  well  when  at  his  throne 
They  wrestle,  weep,  and  pray ; 

Tis  well  when  at  his  feet  they  groan, 
Yet  britig  their  wanu  away. 

Tfa  well  when  Jesus  calls, 

From  earih  and  sin.  Arise, 
Join  with  the  hosta  of  virgin  souls, 

Made  to  salvation  wise. 


HYMN    87  .        s.  M. 

BalUton. 
THE  man  is  ever  blest 

Who  shuns  the  sinner's  way." ; 
Amongst  their  councils  never  etand^ 

Nor  takes  the  scomer's  place  : 

But  makes  the  law  of  God 

Hb  study  and  delight, 
Amidst  the  labors  of  the  day 

And  watches  of  the  night. 

He  like  a  tree  shall  thrive 
With  waters  near  the  root: 

Fresh  as  the  leaf  his  name  shall  lire, 
His  works  are  heav'niy  froil. 

Not  so  the  ungodly  race. 
They  no  sucli  blessing  find  : 

Their  hopes  shall  flee  like  empty  chaff 
Before  the  driving  wind. 


Teacher.  Blessed  is  he  thatdoeth  righteousness  at  all 
times.     Ps.  cvi.  3 

Scholars.  The  work  of  righteousness  shall  be  peace  ; 
and  the  effect  of  righteousness  quietness,  and  assurance 
for  ever.  And  my  people  shall  dwell  in  a  peaceable  habi- 
tation, and  in  sure  dwellings,  and  in  quiet  resting  places. 
Isa.  xxxii.  17,  18. 

Teach.  A  man  shall  not  be  established  by  wickedness, 
but  the  root  of  the  righteous  shall  not  be  moved.  Prov. 
xii.  3. 

ScHOL.  The  wicked  are  overthrown  and  are  not :  but 
the  house  of  the  righteous  shall  stand.     Prov,  xii.  7. 

Teach.  The  Lord  knoweth  the  way  of  the  righteous, 
but  the  way  of  the  ungodly  shall  perish.     Ps.  i.  6. 

ScHOL.  The  righteous  cry,  and  the  Lord  heareth,  and 
delivereth  them  out  of  all  their  troubles.  Ps.  xxxiv.  17. 
14  157 


158  MANUAL     OF     DEVOTION. 

Teach.  Thou  Lord,  wilt  bless  the  righteous,  with  fa* 
vor  wilt  thou  compass  him  as  with  a  shield.     Ps.  v.  12, 

ScHOL.  He  shall  dwell  on  high,  his  place  of  defence 
shall  be  the  munitions  of  rocks  ;  bread  shall  be  given  him 
his  waters  shall  be  sure.     Isa.  xxxiii.  16. 

Teach.  The  hope  of  the  righteous  shall  be  gladness  ; 
but  the  expectation  of  the  wicked  shall  perish.  Prov.  x.  28. 

ScHOL,.  In  the  way  of  righteousness  is  life  ;  and  in 
the  pathway  thereof  there  is  no  death.     Prov.  xii.  28. 

Teach.  He  that  followeth  after  i-ighteousness  and 
mercy,  findeth  life,  righteousness,  and  honor.  Prov. 
xxi.  21. 

ScHOL.  A  little  that  a  righteous  man  hath  is  better 
than  the  riches  of  many  wicked,  for  the  arms  of  the 
wicked  shall  be  broken  ;  but  the  Lord  upholdeth  the 
righteous.     Ps.  xxxvii.  16,  17. 

Teach.  The  righteous  also  shall  hold  on  his  way, 
and  he  that  hath  clean  hands  shall  be  .stronger  and 
stronger.     Job  xvii.  9. 

ScHOL.  The  righteous  shall  flourish  like  the  palm 
tree,  he  shall  grow  like  a  cedar  in  Lebanon.  Ps.  xcii.  12. 

Teach.  As  righteousness  tendeth  to  life,  so  he  that 
pursueth  evil,  pursueth  it  to  his  own  death.  Prov.  xi.  19. 

ScHOL.  Evil  pursueth  sinners,  but  to  the  righteous 
good  shall  be  repaid.     Prov.  xiii.  21. 

Teach.  Righteousness  exalteth  a  nation,  but  sin  is  a 
reproach  to  any  people.     Prov.  xiv.  34. 

ScHOL.  Godliness  is  profitable  unto  all  things,  having 
promise  of  the  life  that  now  is,  and  of  that  which  is  to 
come.     1  Tim.  iv.  8. 

Teach.  Say  ye  to  the  righteous,  that  it  shall  be  well 
with  him,  for  they  shall  eat  the  fruit  of  their  doings.  Isa. 
iii.  10. 

ScHOL.  I  pray  that  ye  may  be  sincere  and  without  of- 
fence till  the  day  of  Christ,  being  filled  with  the  fruits  of 
righteousness,  which  are  by  Jesus  Christ,  unto  the  glory 
and  praise  of  God.     Phil.  i.  10,  11. 


FOURTH    MONDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  159 

0  Lord,  our  God  and  merciful  Father  in  Christ,  we  de- 
sire once  more  to  draw  nigh  to  thee,  and  return  our  thanks 
for  the  blessings  that  have  crowned  another  day  ;  and  to 
implore  thy  fatherly  protection  during  the  coming  night. 
"We  approach  thy  throne,  0  God,  deeply  sensible  of  our 
great  un worthiness,  and  numerous  infirmities,  yet  plead- 
ing the  merits  of  our  merciful  Redeemer,  who  was  deliv- 
ered for  our  offences,  rose  for  our  justification,  and  now 
sitteth  at  the  right  hand  of  God  the  Father,  to  make  in- 
tercession for  us. 

Grant,  0  Lord,  we  beseech  thee,  that  he  may  be  to  us 
the  end  of  the  law,  for  righteousness  ;  and  that  we  may  be 
ever  found  in  him,  not  having  on  our  own  righteousness 
which  is  of  the  law,  and  is  but  as  filthy  rags  ;  but  that 
righteousness  which  is  of  God  through  faith  in  Christ 
Jesus.  And  as  we  live  by  him,  and  in  him,  grant  us  grace, 
O  Lord,  we  entreat  thee,  that  we  may  live  like  him,  and 
follow  in  his  blessed  footsteps. 

In  all  our  temporal  engagements,  our  Father  and  God, 
may  thy  wisdom  guide  us,  and  thy  grace  control  us  ;  and 
while  we  are  diligent  in  business,  carefully  improving  our 
time  and  talents,  may  we  be  fervent  in  spirit,  loving  and 
serving  thee.  In  all  our  intercourse  with  others,  teach  us 
to  do  justly,  to  love  mercy,  and  to  walk  humbly  before 
our  God  ;  that  we  may  be  sincere  and  without  offence,  till 
the  day  of  Christ,  being  filled  with  the  fruits  of  righteous- 
ness, which  are  by  Jesus  Ciirist  unto  the  glory  and  praise 
of  God. 

Lord,  bless  our  country;  may  our  rulers  and  all  in  au- 
thority over  us,  be  men  fearing  God  and  working  right- 
eousness, and  may  the  people  be  distinguished  for  their 
love  of  righteousness,  which  exalteih  a  nation,  and  their 
abhorrence  of  sin,  which  is  a  reproach  to  any  people. 
Hear,  0  Lord,  not  for  our  righteousness,  but  for  thy  great 
mercies.    Amen !    Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  &c. 


PATIENCE, 


j?ourt|)   CTucstiaD   in  tt)e  fttontj).     iWocnlnn. 


HYMN    88. 


SAINTS,  at  your  heavenly  Father's  word, 
Give  up  your  coinfons  to  the  Lord ; 
He  will  restore  what  you  resign, 
Or  grant  you  blessings  more  divine. 

So  Abra'am,  with  obedient  band, 
Led  forth  his  son,  at  God's  command  ; 
The  wood,  the  fire,  the  knife  he  took , 
His  arm  prepar'd  the  dreadUil  stroke. 

•  Abra'am,  fortiear,'  the  angel  cry'd, 

« Thy  faith  is  known,  thy  love  is  try'd , 

•  Thy  son  shall  live,  and  in  thy  seed 

•  Shall  the  whole  earth  be  bless'd  indeed.' 

Just  in  the  last  distressing  hour, 
Tlie  Lord  displays  deliv'ring  power  ; 
The  mount  of  danger  is  the  place. 
Where  we  shall  see  surprising  grace. 


H  Y  M  N    89.        c.  M. 

Bolton. 
O  LORD,  my  best  desire  fulfil. 

And  help  me  to  resign 
Life,  health,  and  comfort  to  thy  will, 

And  make  thy  pleasure  mine. 

Why  should  I  shrink  at  thy  command, 
W ho.se  love  forbids  my  fears? 

Or  tremble  at  thy  gracious  hand, 
That  wipes  away  my  tears  ? 

No,  let  me  ratlier  freely  yield 

What  most  I  pri2e,  to  thee 
Who  never  hast  a  good  withheld. 

Or  wilt  withhold  from  me 

Wisdom  and  mercy  guide  my  way, 

Shall  I  resist  tliem  boih  ? 
A  poor  blind  creature  of  a  day  ? 

And  crusb'd  before  the  moth ! 


Teacher.  Be  patient  toward  all  men,  see  that  none 
render  evil  for  evil  unto  any  man  ;  but  ever  follow  that 
which  is  good,  both  among  yourselves,  and  to  all  men. 
1  Thess.  V.  14,  15. 

Scholars.  Do  all  things  without  murmurings  and 
disputings.     Phil.  ii.  14. 

Teach.  Be  ye  also  patient,  stablish  your  hearts,  for 
the  coming  of  the  Lord  draweth  nigh.     Jas.  v.  8. 

ScHOL.  We  glory  in  tribulation,  also,  knowing  that 
tribulation  worketh  patience  ;  and  patience,  expei-ience  ; 
and  experience,  hope  :  and  hope  maketh  not  ashamed  ; 
because  the  love  of  God  is  shed  abroad  in  our  hearts  by 
the  Holy  Ghost,  which  is  given  unto  us.    Rom.  v.  3,  4,  5. 

Teach.  Let  us  run  Avith  patience  the  race  that  is  set 
before  us,  looking  unto  Jesus,  the  author  and  finisher  of 
our  faith.     Heb.  xii.  1,  2. 

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FOURTH    TUESDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  161 

ScHOL.  Rejoicing  in  hope,  patient  in  tribulation,  con- 
tinuing instant  in  prayer.     Rom.  xii.  12. 

Teach.  Rest  in  the  Lord,  and  wait  patiently  for  him, 
fret  not  thyself  because  of  him  who  prospereth  in  his 
way,  because  of  the  man  who  bringeth  wicked  devices 
to  pass.     Ps.  xxxvii.  7. 

ScHOL.  I  waited  patiently  for  the  Lord,  and  he  in- 
clined unto  me,  and  heard  my  cry.     Ps.  xl.  1. 

Teach.  The  Lord  direct  your  hearts  into  the  love  of 
God,  and  into  the  patient  M-aiting  for  Christ.  2  Thess. 
iH.  5. 

ScHOL.  If  we  hope  for  that  we  see  not,  then  do  we 
with  patience  wait  for  it.     Rom.  viii.  25. 

Teach.  To  them  who  by  patient  continuance  in  well- 
doing seek  for  glory  and  honor  and  immortality,  eternal 
life.     Rom.  ii.  7. 

Schol.  Whatsoever  things  were  written  aforetime, 
were  written  for  our  learning,  that  we  through  patience 
and  comfort  of  the  scriptures  might  have  hope.  Rom. 
XV.  4. 

Teach.  Ye  have  heard  of  the  patience  of  Job,  and 
have  seen  the  end  of  the  Lord,  that  the  Lord  is  very 
pitiful  and  of  tender  mercy.     James  v.  IL 

Schol.  If  when  we  do  well  and  suffer  for  it,  we  take 
it  patiently,  this  is  acceptable  to  God  ;  for  even  hereunto 
were  we  called,  because  Christ  also  suffered  for  us,  leav- 
ing us  an  example  that  -vre  should  follow  his  steps.  1  Pet. 
ii.  20,  21. 

Tbach.  Abraham,  after  he  had  patiently  endured,  ob- 
tained the  promise.     Heb.  vi.  15. 

Schol.  The  patient  in  spirit  is  better  than  the  proud 
in  spirit.     Eccl.  vii.  8. 

Teach.  We  give  thanks  to  God  always  for  you  all, 
making  mention  of  you  in  our  prayers  ;  remembering 
without  ceasing  your  work  of  faith,  and  labor  of  love, 
and  patience  of  hope  in  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  in  the 
sight  of  God  and  our  Father.  1  Thess.  i.  2,  3. 
14* 


162  MANUAL    OF    DEVOTION. 

With  humility  and  reverence,  0  God,  ovir  heavenly 
Father,  we  would  present  to  thee  the  tribute  of  our  thanks 
for  thy  continued  care  over  us,  and  thy  unmerited  mercies 
towards  us.  To  tliee,  our  Father  and  God,  we  owe  our 
life,  our  health,  and  our  reason,  our  food  and  raiment,  and 
all  the  comforts  and  privileges,  both  individual  and  social, 
wliich  we  enjoy.  Thou  crownest  our  lives  with  loving- 
kiiidness  and  tender  mercy,  for  which  we  would  praise 
and  magnify  thine  excellent  name. 

We  thank  thee  that  thy  watchful  providence  sustained 
us,  during  the  hours  of  repose,  that  thou  didst  refresh  our 
bodies  with  healthful  sleep,  and  hast  prolonged  our  lives 
to  see  the  light  of  another  morning.  Spread  over  us,  we 
enireat  thee,  this  day,  the  wings  of  thine  almighty  power, 
and  lead  us  in  the  way  everlasting.  Spirit  of  Grace,  de- 
scend and  take  entire  possession  of  our  hearts,  and  conse- 
crate our  minds  and  our  bodies,  our  faculties  and  affec- 
tions, our  time  and  our  talents,  to  the  service  of  our  God 
and  Saviour. 

Sovereign  Disposer  of  events!  our  limes  are  in  thy 
hand  :  we  would  commit  all  that  we  have  and  are  to  thine 
unerring  wisdom  and  boundless  benevolence.  Amid  the 
chances  and  changes  of  this  mortal  life,  give  us  grace  not 
only  to  do  but  to  suffer  thy  will.  In  all  the  trials  through 
which  we  may  be  called  to  pass,  may  we  be  comforted  by 
the  promise,  "My  grace  is  sufficient  for  thee ;"  and  may 
patience  have  its  perfect  work  in  our  hearts,  that  they  be 
not  disquieted  by  anxious  fears,  nor  indulge  ni  fretful  com- 
plainings, but  in  all  things  acquiesce  in  thy  divine  will. 

In  sickness,  in  bereavement,  in  crosses,  in  provocations, 
and  persecutions,  may  we  endure,  as  seeing  him  who  is  in- 
visible ;  and  glory  in  tribulation,  also,  knowing  that  tribu- 
lation worketh  patience;  and  patience,  experience  ;  and  ex- 
perience, hope  ;  and  hope  maketh  not  ashamed  ;  because 
the  love  of  God  is  shed  abroad  in  our  hearts  by  the  Holy 
Ghost,  which  is  given  unto  us.    Amen!    Our  Father, &c 


TEMPERANCE. 


JFourt!)   S'uestJas   in  tt)e  i^ontf).     Sbenins. 


HYMN    90.        p.  M. 

■Smyrna. 
JESUS,  I  my  cross  have  taken, 
All  10  leave  and  follow  thee; 
Naked,  poor,  despised,  forsaken. 
Thou,  from  hence,  my  all  shall  be; 
Perish  every  fond  ambition, 
All  I've  sought,  or  hoped,  or  kuown, 
Yet  how  rich  is  my  condition ! 
Cod  and  heaven  are  still  ray  own. 

Soul,  then  know  thy  full  salvation, 
Rise  o'er  sin,  and  fear,  and  caie, 
Joy  to  find  in  every  station 
Something  siill  to  do  or  bear ; 
Think  wh  't  spirit  dwells  within  thee  ; 
Think  what  Father's  smiles  are  thine  ; 
Think  that  Jesus  died  to  win  thee ; 
Child  of  heaven,  canst  thou  repine  ? 

Haste  iiiee  on  from  grace  to  glory, 
ArmeJ  by  faith,  ami  winded  by  prayer ! 
Heaven's  eternal  days  before  thee, 
God's  own  hand  shall  guide  thee  there. 
Soon  shall  close  thy  earihly  mission, 
Soon  shall  pass  thy  pilcrira  days : 
Hope  shall  change  to  glad  fruition, 
Faith  to  sight  and  prayer  to  praise. 


HYMN     91 .        p.  M. 

Ashton. 
THIS  slumber  from  my  spirit  shake; 

Warn'd  by  the  Spirit's  inward  call, 
Let  me  to  righteousr.ess  awake. 

And  pray  that  I  may  never  fall ; 
Or  give  to  sin  or  Satan  place. 
But  walk  in  all  thy  righteous  ways. 

O  wouldst  thou,  Lord,  thy  servant  guard 
'Gainst  every  known  or  secret  foe; 

A  mind  for  all  assaults  prepared, 
A  sober  vigilance  bestow ; 

Ever  apprised  of  danger  nigh, 

And  when  to  fig^t  and  when  to  fly. 

O  never  suffer  me  to  sleep 

Seciire  within  the  verge  of  hell; 

Cut  still  my  watchful  spirit  keep 
In  lowly  awe  and  loving  zeal ; 

And  bless  me  with  a  gotily  fear. 

And  plant  that  guardian  angel  her«. 

Attended  by  thai  sacred  dread, 
And  wise  from  evil  to  depart, 

Let  me  from  strength  to  strength  procetd, 
And  rise  to  purity  of  heart  : 

Through  all  the  paths  of  duty  move, 

From  humble  faith  to  perfect  love. 


Teacher.  And  besides  this,  giving  all  diligence,  add 
to  your  faith,  virtue  ;  and  to  virtue,  knowledge.  2  Pet. 
i.  5. 

Scholars.  And  to  knowledge,  temperance;  and  to 
temperance,  patience  ;  and  to  patience,  godliness  ;  and 
to  godliness,  brotherly  kindness  ;  and  to  brotherly  kind- 
ness, charity.     2  Pet.  i.  6,  7. 

Teach.  This  I  say  then.  Walk  in  the  Spirit,  and  ye 
flhall  not  fulfil  the  lust  of  the  flesh.  For  the  flesh  lusteth 
against  the  Spirit,  and  the  Spirit  against  the  flesh  :  and 
163 


164  MAKUAL,    OF    DEVOTION. 

these  are  contrary  the  one  to  the  other  ;  so  that  ye  can- 
not do  the  things  that  ye  would.     Gal.  v.  16,  17. 

ScHOL.  But  the  fruit  of  the  Spirit  is  love,  joy,  peace, 
long-suffering,  gentleness,  goodness,  faith,  meekness, 
temperance  :  against  such  there  is  no  law.  Gal.  v.  22,  23. 

Teach.  Let  not  sin  therefore  reign  in  your  mortal 
body,  that  ye  should  obey  it  in  the  lusts  thereof.  Rom. 
vi.  12. 

ScHOL.  For  the  grace  of  God  that  bringeth  salvation 
hath  appeared  to  all  men,  teaching  us,  that  denying  un- 
godhness  and  worldly  lusts,  we  should  live  soberly, 
righteously  and  godly,  in  this  present  world.  Titus  ii. 
11,  12. 

Teaoh.  Looking  for  that  blessed  hope,  and  the  glo- 
rious appearing  of  the  great  God,  and  our  Saviour  Jesus 
Christ.     Titus  ii.  13. 

ScHOL.  Who  gave  himself  for  us,  that  he  might  re- 
deem us  from  all  iniquity,  and  purify  unto  himself  a  pe- 
culiar people,  zealous  of  good  works.     Titus  ii.  14. 

Teach.  Know  ye  not,  that  they  which  run  in  a  race, 
run  all,  but  one  receiveth  the  prize  ?  So  run,  that  ye  may 
obtain.     1  Cor.  ix.  24. 

ScHOL.  And  every  man  that  striveth  for  the  mastery 
is  temperate  in  all  things.  Now  they  do  it  to  obtain  a 
corruptible  crown  ;  but  we  an  incorruptible.  1  Cor.  ix.  25. 

Teach.  Wherefore  gird  up  the  loins  of  your  mind, 
be  sober,  and  hope  to  the  end  for  the  grace  that  is  to  be 
brought  unto  you  at  the  revelation  of  Jesus  Christ.  1 
Peter  i.  13. 

ScHOL.  As  obedient  children,  not  fashioning  your- 
selves according  to  the  former  lusts  in  your  ignorance. 
1  Peter  i.  14. 

Teach.  Now  unto  him  that  is  able  to  keep  you  from 
falling,  and  to  present  you  faultless  before  the  presence 
of  his  glory  with  exceeding  joy,  to  the  only  wise  God 
our  Saviour,  be  glory  and  majesty,  dominion  and  power, 
both  now  and  ever.    Amen.    Jude  i.  24,  25. 


FOURTH    TUESDAY    JN    THE    MONTH.  165 

Blessed  and  eternal  Father  and  God,  who  makest  the 
outgoings  of  the  morning  and  evening  to  rejoice,  with  emo- 
tions of  gratitude  and  love,  we  would  offer  our  evening 
sacrifice  of  thanksgiving  and  prayer  unto  thee,  through 
the  merits  and  mediation  of  thy  Son,  our  Saviour.  We 
thank  thee  for  tliy  paternal  protection  this  day,  and  for  the 
mercies  and  comforts  with  which  we  have  been  favored. 
Be  pleased  to  guard  us  during  the  defenceless  hours  of 
repose,  and  defend  us  from  all  injury  and  harm. 

Sinners  by  nature,  and  far  removed  from  thee  by  wicked 
works,  we  thank  thee  for  the  gift  of  the  Holy  Spirit  to  lead 
us  in  the  way  of  life — that  the  grace  of  God  which  bring- 
eth  salvation,  hath  appeared  to  all  men,  teaching  us,  that 
denying  ungodliness  and  worldly  lusts,  we  should  live  so- 
berly, righteously  and  godly,  in  this  present  world.  Give 
us.  Almighty  Father,  to  see  that  the  wages  of  sin  is  d-eath  ; 
that,  if  we  live  after  the  flesh,  we  shall  die  ;  but  if  through 
the  spirit,  we  mortify  the  deeds  of  the  body,  we  shall  live. 
Forbid  that  sin  should  ever  reign  in  our  mortal  bodies, 
and  grant,  that  justified  by  faith  in  the  Son  of  God,  we 
may  be  sanctified  by  the  Spirit,  and  crucify  the  flesh  with 
the  affections  and  lusts,  and  bring  forth  to  thy  honor  and 
glory,  the  fruits  of  the  Spirit,  which  are  love,  joy,  peace, 
long-suffering,  gentleness,  goodness,  faith,  meekness  and 
temperance. 

Make  us,  we  entreat  thee,  temperate  in  all  things  ;  in  our 
views  and  purposes  of  life  ;  in  our  wishes  and  desires  ;  in 
our  amusements  and  pleasures ;  restrain  us  from  all  sin- 
ful indulgences  of  appetite  or  passion  ;  and  grant,  that 
whether  we  eat  or  drink,  or  whatsoever  we  do,  we  may 
do  all  to  the  glory  of  God.  And  unto  him  that  is  able  to 
keep  us  from  falling,  and  to  present  us  faultless  before  the 
presence  of  his  glory,  with  exceeding  joy,  to  the  only  wise 
God  our  Saviour,  be  glory  and  majesty,  dominion  and 
power,  both  now  and  ever.     Amen !     Our  Father,  &c. 


HUMILITY. 


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HYMN    92.        L.  M. 

Iliwulity. 
WSerefore  should  mm,  frail  child  of  clay, 

Who,  from  ihe  cradle  to  the  shroud, 
Lives  bat  the  insect  of  a  day,— 

O  why  should  mortal  man  be  proud? 

His  brightest  visions  just  appear, 
Then  vanish,  and  no  more  are  found  : 

The  stateliest  pile  his  pride  can  rear, 
A  breath  may  level  with  the  ground. 

Follies  and  crimes,  a  counties  sum. 
Are  crowded  in  life's  Ihtle  span : 

How  ill,  alas,  does  pride  become 
That  erring,  guilty  creature,  man  ! 

God  of  my  life !  Father  divine! 

Give  me  a  meek  and  lowly  mind  • 
In  modest  worth,  O  let  me  shine. 

And  peace  iu  hujnble  virtue  And. 


H  Y  M  N    93.        L.  M. 

Jura. 
THCS  saith  the  high  and  lofty  One, 
'  I  sit  upon  my  holy  throne  ; 
'  My  name  is  God  ;  I  dwell  on  high; 
'  Dwell  in  my  own  eternity. 

'  But  I  descend  to  worlds  below : 
'  On  earth  I  have  a  mansion  too  : 
'  The  humble  spirit  and  contrite 
'  Is  an  abode  of  my  delight. 

'The  humble  soul  my  words  revive: 
'  1  bid  the  nioiirning  sinner  live ; 
'  Heal  all  the  broken  hearts  I  find, 
'  And  ease  the  sorrows  of  the  mind. 

O  may  thy  pard'ning  grace  be  nigh. 
Lest  we  should  faint,  despair,  and  die  I 
Thus  shall  our  better  thoughu  approve 
The  methods  of  thy  chast'ning  love. 


Teacher.  I  say,  through  the  grace  given  junto  me, 
to  every  man  that  is  among  you,  not  to  think  of  himself 
more  highly  than  he  ought  to  think  ;  but  to  think  so- 
berly, according  as  God  hath  dealt  to  every  man  the 
measure  of  faith.     Rom.  xii.  3. 

Scholars.  Lord,  what  is  man,  that  thou  takest  know- 
ledge of  him  ;  or  the  son  of  man  that  thou  makest  ac- 
count of  him  }     Ps.  cxliv.  3. 

Teach.     What  is  man,  that  thou  art  mindful  of  him.' 


and  the  son  of  man  that  thou  visitest  hii 


Ps.  viii.  4. 


ScHOL.  For  better  it  is  that  it  be  said  unto  thee,  Come 
up  hither,  than  that  thou  shouldst  be  put  lower.  Prov. 
XXV.  7. 

Teach.  Submit  yourselves  one  to  another  in  the  fear 
of  God.    Eph.  V.  21. 

ScHOL.  For  thus  saith  the  high  and  lofty  One  that  in- 
166 


POtTRTfi  WEDNESDAY   IN  THE   MONTH.  167 

habiteth  eternity,  whose  name  is  Holy  :  I  dwell  in  the 
high  and  holy  place,  with  him  also  that  is  of  a  contrite 
and  humble  sjjirit  to  revive  the  spirit  of  the  humble,  and 
to  revive  the  heart  of  the  contrite  ones.     Isa.  Ivii.  15. 

Teach.  "What  doth  the  Lord  require  of  thee  but  to 
do  justly,  and  to  love  mercy,  and  to  walk  humbly  with 
thy  God  ?    Mic.  vi.  8. 

ScHOL.  God  resisteth  the  proud,  but  giveth  grace  unto 
the  humble.     James  iv.  6. 

Teach.  Though  the  Lord  be  high,  yet  hath  he  re- 
spect unto  the  lowly.     Ps.  cxxxviii.  6. 

ScHOL.  Better  is  it  to  be  of  an  humble  spirit  with  the 
lowly,  than  to  divide  the  spoils  w*ith  the  proud.  Prov. 
Xvi.  19. 

Teach.  By  humility  and  the  fear  of  the  Loid,  are 
riches,  and  honor,  and  life.     Prov.  xxii.  4. 

ScHOL.  Blessed  are  the  poor  in  spirit,  for  theirs  is  the 
kingdom  of  heaven.     Matt.  v.  3. 

Teach.  The  publican,  standing  afar  off,  would  not 
lift  up  so  much  as  his  eyes  unto  heaven,  but  smote  upon 
his  breast)  saying,  God  be  merciful  to  me  a  sinner. 
Luke  xviii.  18. 

ScHOL.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  Because 
thy  heart  was  tender  and  thou  hast  humbled  thyself  be- 
fore the  Lord,  and  hast  rent  thy  clothes  and  wept  before 
me,  I  also  have   heard  thee.     2  Kings  xxii.  19. 

Teach.  Humble  yourselves  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord, 
and  he  shall  lift  you  up.     James  iv.  10. 

ScHOL.  Whosoever  shall  exalt  himself,  shall  be 
abased  ;  and  he  that  shall  humble  himself,  shall  be  ex- 
alted.    Matt,  xxiii.  12. 

Teach.  Lord,  make  me  to  know  mine  end,  and  the 
measure  of  my  days,  what  it  is  ;  that  I  may  know  how 
frail  I  am.     Ps.  xxxix.  4. 

Schol.  0  Lord,  thou  hast  heard  the  desire  of  the 
humble,  thou  wilt  prepare  their  heart,  thou  wilt  cause 
thine  ear  to  hear.    Ps.  x.  17. 


168  MANUAI^   OF   DEVOTION. 


0  THOU  infinite  and  glorious  Jehovah,  who  art  the  King 
eternal,  immortal  and  invi^ble,  the  only  wise  God  ;  when 
we  consider  thy  majesty  and  glory,  we  are  forced  to  ex- 
claim, "Lord,  what  is  man,  that  thou  art  mindful  of  him? 
and  the  son  of  man,  that  thou  deignest  to  visit  him?"  We 
bless  and  magnify  thine  excellent  name,  that  thy  bound- 
less glory  does  not  render  thee  indifferent  to  the  creatures 
thou  hast  formed ;  that,  although  thou  art  the  high  and 
lofty  One  that  inhahiteth  eternity,  whose  name  is  Holy, 
thou  hast  said,  "I  dwell  in  the  high  and  holy  place,  with 
him  also  that  is  of  a  contrite  and  humble  spirit,  to  revive 
the  spirit  of  the  humble,  and  to  revive  the  heart  of  the 
contrite  ones." 

As  the  beginning  of  all  sin  was  pride,  so  the  beginning 
of  all  virtue  must  be  humility.  Set,  therefore,  O  Lord, 
before  our  eyes,  the  fear  of  thee — that  we  may  hate  evil, 
pride,  arrogancy,  the  evil  way  and  the  froward  mouth. 
Prepare  our  hearts,  0  God,  that  in  humility  and  self- 
abasement  we  may  approach  thy  throne.  We  would  come 
as  the  Prodigal,  and  acknowledge  our  unworthiness  ;  Fa- 
tlier,  we  have  sinned  against  heaven,  and  before  thee,  and 
are  no  more  worthy  to  be  called  thy  childien,  make  us  as 
thy  hired  servants.  We  would  come  as  the  Publican,  and 
acknowledge  our  sinfulness ;  God  be  merciful  to  us  sin- 
ners. Cleanse  us  from  the  guilt  of  sin,  and  create  us  anew 
in  righteousness  and  true  holiness. 

Blessed  Jesus !  do  thou  teach  us  humility.  May  we 
learn  of  thee  who  art  meek  and  lowly  in  heart.  Divest  us 
of  pride,  clothe  us  with  humility,  eradicate  every  root  of 
bitterness  from  our  breasts,  and  let  the  peace  of  God, 
which  passeth  undei-standing,  rule  in  our  hearts,  and  reg- 
ulate our  lives. 

We  thank  thee,  0  Lord,  for  the  light  of  this  day;  pre- 
pare our  hearts  for  its  duties  ;  bless  us  in  our  studies,  and 
prosper  all  our  labors  ;  and  let  the  beauty  of  the  Lord  our 
God  be  upon  us;  and  establish  thou  the  work  of  our  hands. 


MEEKNESS. 


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HYMN    94.        h.  M. 

El  Faran. 
THOU  Lamb  of  God,  thou  Prince  of  peace 

For  ihee  ray  tliirsly  soul  doth  piiie; 
My  longing  heart  implores  thy  grace ; 

O  make  me  in  thy  likeness  sliine. 

With  fratidle^,  even,  humble  mind. 
Thy  will  in  all  things  may  I  see  ; 

In  love  be  every  wish  resignM, 
And  haliow'd  my  whole  heart  to  thee. 

When  pain  o'er  my  weak  flesh  prevails, 

With  lamb-like  patience  arm  my  breast: 
When  grief  my  woiinJed  soul  assails, 

In  lowly  meekness  may  I  rest. 
Close  by  thy  side  si  ill  may  I  keep, 

Howe'er  life's  various  current  flow  ; 
Willi  steaiifast  eye  mark  every  step. 

And  follow  where  my  Lord  doth  go. 


H  Y  AI  X    95.        L.  M. 

Cratitvde. 
NOT  diff'reiit  foal,  nor  diff'rent  dress, 
Compose  the  kingdom  of  otir  Lord ; 
But  peace,  and  jcy,  and  righieousoesi, 
Faith,  and  obedience  to  liis  word. 

When  weaker  Chrtsiians  we  despise, 
We  do  ihe  gospel  niigluy  wrong ; 
For  God,  the  gracious  and  the  wise, 
Ileceives  the  fetble'wiih  the  stioug. 

Let  priJe  aixl  wrath  be  banish'd  henc»; 
Meekness  ami  love  our  souls  pursue: 
Kor  shall  our  paiience  give  od'ence 
To  saints,  the  Gentile,  or  the  Jew. 
Then  we  who  own  one  F.ither  here, 
And  walk  in  meekness  and  in  love. 
Shall  'roand  his  board  in  heaveo  appe0 
And  form  one  brotherhood  above. 


Teacher.  The  ornament  of  a  meek  and  quiet  .spirit  is 
in  the  sight  of  God  of  great  price.     1  Peter  ii,  4. 

Scholars.  For  the  Lord  taketh  plea.sure  in  his  peo- 
ple :  he  will  beautify  the  meek  with  salvation.  Ps.  cxlix.  4. 

Teach.  The  Lord  lifteth  up  the  meek,  he  casteth  the 
wicked  down  to  the  ground.     Ps.  cxlvii.  6. 

ScHOL.  With  righteousne-s's  shall  he  judge  the  poor, 
and  reprove  with  efj[uity  for  the  meek  of  the  earth  :  and 
he  shall  smite  the  earth  with  the  rod  of  his  mouth,  and 
with  the  breath  of  his  lips  shall  he  slay  the  wicked.   Isa.  4. 

Teach.  Blessed  are  the  meek,  for  they  shall  inherit 
the  earth.     Matt.  v.  5. 

ScHOL.  But  yet  a  little  while,  and  the  wicked  shall 
not  be  :  yea,  thou  shall  diligently  consider  his  place,  and 
it  shall  not  be.  But  the  meek  shall  inherit  the  earth  : 
and  shall  delight  themselves  in  the  abundance  of  peace 
Ps.  xxxvii.  10. 

15  169 


170  MANUAL    OP    DEVOTION. 

Teach.  And  the  servant  of  the  Lord  must  not  strive  ; 
but  be  gentle  unto  all  men,  apt  to  teach,  patient ;  in  meek- 
ness instructing  those  that  oppose  themselves.  2  Tim.  ii.25. 

ScHOL.  The  meek  he  will  guide  in  judgment,  and  the 
meek  will  he  teach  his  way.     Ps.  xxv.  9. 

Teach.  Who  is  a  wise  man;  and  endued  with  know- 
ledge among  you  ?  let  him  shew  out  of  a  good  conversa- 
tion his  works  with  meekness  of  wisdom.     James  iii.  13. 

ScHOL.  The  wisdom  that  is  from  above  is  first  pure, 
then  peaceable,  gentle,  and  easy  to  be  entreated,  full  of 
mercy  and  good  fruits,  without  partiality,  and  without 
hypocrisy.     James  iii.  18. 

Teach.  Seek  ye  the  Lord  all  ye  meek  of  the  earth, 
which  wrought  his  judgment,  seek  righteousness,  seek 
meekness,  it  may  be  ye  shall  be  hid  in  the  day  of  the 
Lord's  anger.     Zeph.  ii.  3. 

ScHOL.  If  a  man  be  overtaken  in  a  fault,  ye  which 
are  spiritual,  restore  such  an  one  in  the  spirit  of  meek- 
ness.    Gal.  vi.  1. 

Teach.  Put  them  in  mind  to  be  subject  to  principali- 
ties and  powers,  to  obey  maj^istrates,  to  be  ready  to  ev- 
ery good  work,  to  speak  evil  of  no  man,  to  be  no  bra-w"- 
lers,  but  gentle,  shewing  all  meekness  unto  all  men.  Tit. 
iii.  1,  2. 

ScHOL.  With  all  lov,?liness  and  meekness,  with  long- 
suffering,  forbearing  one  another  in  love  ;  endeavoring  to 
keep  the  unity  of  the  Spirit  in  the  bond  of  peace.  Eph. 
iv.  2,  3. 

Teach.  Put  on  therefore,  as  the  elect  of  God,  holy 
and  beloved,  bowels  of  mercies,  kindness,  humbleness  of 
mind,  meekness,  long-suffering  ;  forbearing  one  another, 
and  forgiving  one  another,  if  any  man  have  a  quarrel 
against  any.  even  as  Christ  forgave  you,  so  also  do  ye. 
Col.  iii.  12,  13. 

ScHOL.  The  fruit  of  the  spirit  is  love,  joy,  peace,  long- 
suffering,  gentleness,  goodness,  faith,  meekness,  temper- 
ance.    Gal.  V.  22,  23. 


FOURTH  WEDNESDAY  IN  THE  MONTH.     171 

Our  Father  in  heaven,  we  would  encompass  the  throne 
of  grace,  this  evening,  and  render  unto  thee  our  grateful 
tribute  of  praise  for  the  goodness  and  mercy  that  have 
crowned  this  day.  Continue,  we  beseech  thee,  thy  gra- 
cious protection,  through  the  night,  and  grant  us  quiet  and 
repose,  to  refresh  our  bodies, and  fit  them  for  the  duties  of 
the  coming  morrow. 

Bless,  we  entreat  thee,  the  labors  of  the  day  in  which 
we  have  been  engaged,  and  forgive  the  imperfections  of 
the  same.  We  have  passed  through  another  period  of 
probation,  and  are  a  day  nearer  to  our  gi-aves  and  to  thy 
judgment  bar.  May  the  rapid  flight  of  time  teach  us  the 
measure  of  our  days,  that  we  may  know  how  frail  we  are  •, 
may  we  be  careful  to  improve  each  passing  moment ;  and 
whatsoever  our  hand  findeth  to  do,  may  we  do  it  with  all 
our  might ;  for  there  is  no  work,  nor  device,  nor  know- 
ledge, nor  wisdom  in  the  grave,  whither  we  are  going. 

God  of  benevolence  and  purity,  look  upon  us  with  com- 
passion, and  blot  out  our  sins ;  create  within  us  a  clean 
heart,  and  renew  a  right  spirit  within  us,  that  we  may 
pursue  whatsoever  things  are  pure,  and  lovely,  and  of  good 
report.  Subdue  within  our  hearts  the  selfishness  of  our 
nature,  and  those  angry  passions  which  are  injurious  to 
the  soul,  and  offensive  to  God,  and  may  our  hearts  be 
filled,  0  Lord,  with  love  to  thee  and  to  each  other. 

May  the  same  mind  be  in  us  which  was  in  Christ  Jesus, 
who  when  he  was  reviled,  reviled  not  again  ;  when  he  suf- 
fered, threatened  not;  but  committed  himself  to  him  that 
judgeth  righteously.  May  we  learn  of  him  to  be  meek 
and  lowly  of  heart,  that  we  may  find  rest  to  our  souls,  and 
put  on,  as  the  elect  of  God,  bowels  of  mercies,  kindness, 
humbleness  of  mind,  meekness,  long-suffering  ;  forbearing 
one  another  and  forgiving  one  another,  even  as  Christ  for- 
gave us.  Hear  and  answer,  for  the  Redeemer's  sake. 
Amenl    Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  &c. 


BROTHERLY  KINDNESS. 


jfouvtl)  5:i)ursTjai)  in  t!)C  ^Hontl).     fHoi'nfiin. 


H  Y  M  N    96.        c.  >i. 

Unity. 
LO,  what  an  entertaining  sight; 

Are  brethren  who  agree ! 
Brethren,  whose  clieerful  hearts  unite 

In  banJs  of  piety  ! 

When  streams  of  love,  from  Christ  the  spr 

Desceiifl  to  ev'ry  soul. 
And  hea%"enly  peace,  with  balmy  wing 

Sharle^  ajKl  bedews  the  whole: 

'Tis  like  the  oil,  divinely  sweet, 

On  Aaron's  rev'rend  head  ; 
The  trickling  drops  perfum'd  his  feet, 

And  o'er  bis  garments  spread. 

'Tis  pleasant  a*  the  morning  dews, 

That  fall  on  Zion's  hi  1 ; 
Where  God  his  mildest  glory  shews, 

And  makes  bis  grace  ditlil. 


HYMN    97.        p.  M. 

Mozart. 
ONE  there  is  above  all  others, 

Well  deserves  the  name  of  friend; 
His  is  love  beyond  a  brother's, 

Costly,  free,  and  knows  no  eud. 

Which  of  all  our  friends  to  save  us. 
Could  or  would  have  shed  his  blood" 

But  this  Saviour  died  to  have  us 
Reconciled  in  him  to  God. 

When  he  lived  on  earth  abased. 
Friend  of  siiineri  wa»  his  iiame^ 

Now  above  all  glory  raised, 
He  rejoices  in  the  saiue. 

O,  for  grace  our  hearts  to  Eoftea, 
'I'eaeh  us.  Lord,  at  length  to  love; 

We,  alas !  forget  too  often. 
What  a  friend  we  have  above. 


Teacher,  Behold,  how  good  and  how  pleasant  it  is 
for  brethren  to  dwell  together  in  unity.     Ps.  cxxxiii.  1. 

Scholars.  It  is  like  the  precious  ointment  upon  the 
head,  that  ran  down  upon  the  beard,  even  Aaron's  beard  : 
that  went  dawn  to  the  skirts  of  his  garments.  Ps.  cxxxiii. 2. 

Teach,  As  the  dew  of  Hermon,  and  as  the  dew  that 
descended  upon  the  mountains  of  Zion  :  for  there  the 
Lord  commanded  the  blessing,  even  life  for  evermore. 
Ps.  cxxxiii,  3. 

ScHOL.  A  man  that  hath  friends,  must  show  himself 
friendly  ;  and  there  is  a  friend,  that  sticketh  closer  than  a 
brother.     Prov,  xviii.  24, 

Teach.  Be  kindly  afFectioned  one  to  another  with 
brotherly  love  ;  in  honor  preferring  one  another  ;  rejoic- 
ing in  hope  ;  patient  in  tribulation,  continuing  instant  in 
prayer,  distributing  to  the  necessity  of  saints.  Rom.  xii 
10,  12,  13. 

172 


rOURTH    THURSDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  173 

ScHOL.  This  commandment  have  we  from  God,  that 
iie  who  loveth  God,  love  his  brother  also.    1  John  iv.  21 

Teach.  The  Lord  make  you  to  increase  and  abound 
in  love  one  toward  another,  and  toward  all  men,  even  as 
we  do  toward  you.     1  Thess.  iii,  12. 

ScHOL.  We  know  that  we  have  passed  from  death 
unto  life,  because  we  love  the  brethren.     1  John  iii.  14. 

Teach.  If  a  man  say,  I  love  God,  and  hateth  his 
brother,  he  is  a  liar,  for  he  that  loveth  not  his  brother 
whom  he  hath  seen,  how  can  he  love  God,  whom  he 
hath  not  seen  ?     1  John  iv.  20. 

ScHOL.  He  that  loveth  his  brother  abideth  in  the  light, 
and  there  is  none  occasion  of  stumbling  in  him.  But  he 
that  hateth  his  brother  is  in  darkness,  and  walketh  in 
darkness,  and  knoweth  not  whither  he  goeth,  because 
that  darkness  hath  blinded  his  eyes.     1  John  ii.  10,  11. 

Teach.  Be  ye  kind  one  to  another,  tender-hearted, 
forgiving  one  another,  even  as  God  for  Christ's  sake  hath 
forgiven  you.     Eph.  iv.  32. 

ScHOL.  God  comforteth  us  in  all  our  tribulations, 
that  we  may  be  able  to  comfort  them  which  are  in  any 
trouble.     2  Cor.  i.  4. 

Teach.  Bear  ye  one  another's  burdens,  and  so  fulfil 
the  law  of  Christ.     Gal.  vi.  2. 

ScHOL.  We  then  that  are  strong  ought  to  bear  the 
infirmities  of  the  weak,  and  not  to  please  ourselves. 
Rom.  XV.  1. 

Teach.  Why  dost  thou  judge  thy  brother  ?  or  why 
dost  thou  set  at  nought  thy  brother?  for  we  shall  all  stand 
before  the  judgment  seat  of  Christ.     Rom.  xiv.  10. 

ScHOL.  Let  us  not  therefore  judge  one  another  any 
more.     Rom.  xiv.  13. 

Teach.     Add  to  your  faith  virtue,  and  to  virtue  know- 
ledge, and  to  knowledge  temperance,  and  to  temperance 
patience,  and   to    patience  godliness,   and   to    godliness 
brotherly  kindness,  and  to   brotherly  kindness   charity 
2  Pet.  i.  5,  6,  7. 

I5« 


174  MANUAL    OF    DEVOTION. 

Almighty  and  eternal  Jehovah,  we  adore  thee  as  our 
God  and  Father  in  Christ;  it  is  in  thee  we  live  and  move 
and  have  our  being.  We  thank  thee,  thou  Creator  and 
Preserver  of  men,  that  thy  providence  is  still  over  us  ;  we 
have  lain  down  and  slept,  and  have  risen  up  again,  because 
thou  hast  sustained  us.  We  thank  thee  for  the  light  of 
this  day;  we  tiiank  thee  for  life,  this  day;  we  thank  thee 
for  health,  and  for  the  exercise  of  reason  and  all  our 
faculties  of  mind  and  body. 

Reanimated,  this  morning,  with  the  vigor  of  a  renewed 
life,  we  would  dedicate  to  thee,  this  day,  our  souls  and 
our  bodies,  which  is  our  reasonable  service.  Cleanse  our 
hearts,  O  Lord,  from  all  sin,  and  eradicate  from  them  all 
uncharitable  and  unsocial  feelings.  May  sentiments  of 
benevolence  and  kindness  control  our  thoughts,  words 
and  actions  ;  may  all  haughtiness,  pride  and  malice  be  cast 
down,  and  humility,  mercy  and  love,  reign  supreme  in  our 
hearts  ;  that  Ave  may  be  kindly  affectioned  one  to  another, 
with  brotherly  love  ;  in  honor  preferring  one  another. 

Give  us  an  increasing  attachment  to  thy  church  and 
people.  May  we  love  the  spirit  they  breathe,  the  language 
they  speak,  the  pursuits  they  follow,  and  the  graces  with 
which  they  are  adorned  ;  and  may  we  know  that  we  have 
passed  from  death  unto  life,  because  we  love  the  brethren. 
And  grant,  O  Lord,  that  while  we  have  an  especial  regard 
for  those  who  are  united  to  us  by  the  ties  of  nature  and 
of  grace,  we  may  cherish  feelings  of  benevolence  to  the 
whole  human  family — and  may  look  upon  the  earth  itself 
as  one  neighborhood,  and  its  various  races  as  the  great 
brotherhood  of  man.     Amen! 

Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy  name  : 
thy  kingdom  come :  thy  will  be  done  in  earth  as  it  is  in 
heaven  :  give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread  :  and  forgive  us 
our  trespasses  as  we  forgive  them  that  trespass  against 
us:  lead  us  not  into  temptation;  &c. 


CHARITY, 


jFourtI)   SiljurstJaj;   in   tijc  ittontl).     H^jeninrj. 


HYMN     98.        c.  M. 

Tallis. 
O  CHARITY,  thou  heavenly  grace! 

All  tender,  soft  and  kind! 
A  friend  to  all  ifie  human  race, 

To  all  that's  good  inclin'd  1 
The  inan  of  charity  extends 

To  all  his  libVal  hand; 
His  kindred,  neighlwrs,  foes  and  frieuds 

His  pity  may  command. 
He  ai'ls  the  poor  in  their  distress  ; 

He  hears  when  they  complain  ; 
Willi  tender  heart  delights  to  hless, 

And  lessen  all  their  pain. 
The  sick,  the  pris'ner,  poor  and  blind, 

And  all  the  sons  of  grief, 
In  him  a  benefactor  find- 
He  loves  to  give  relief. 
•Tis  love  that  makes  religion  sweet: 

»Tis  love  (hat  makes  us  rise, 
With  willing  minds  an  1  ardent  feet, 

To  yonder  happy  skies. 
Then  let  us  all  in  love  abound. 

And  charity  pursue; 
Thus  shall  we  be  with  glory  crown'd, 

And  love  as  angels  do. 


HYMN    99. 


p.   M. 


Acton. 
JESUS,  Lord,  we  look  to  thee  ; 
Let  us  in  thy  name  agree ; 
Show  thyself  the  Prince  of  peace ; 
Bid  our  jars  forever  cease. 
By  ihy  reconciling  love, 
Kvery  stumbling-block  remove; 
Each  to  each  iniite,  endear; 
Come,  and  spread  thy  banner  here. 
Make  us  of  one  heart  and  mind,— 
Courleous,  pitiful,  and  kind  : 
Lowly,  meek,  in  thought  and  word,- 
Altogether  like  our  Lord. 
Lei  us  for  each  other  care  ; 
Each  the  other's  burdens  bear: 
To  thy  Church  the  ra'tern  give ; 
Show  how  true  believers  live. 
Free  from  anger  and  from  priJe, 
Let  us  thus  in  God  abide  ; 
All  the  depths  of  love  express, — 
All  the  heights  of  hohness. 
Let  us  then  with  joy  remove 
To  the  family  above ; 
On  the  wings  of  angels  fly ; 
Show  how  true  believers  die. 


Teacher.  Be  thou  an  example  of  the  believers,  in 
word,  in  conversation,  in  charity,  in  spirit,  in  faith,  in 
purity.     1  Tim.  iv.  12. 

Scholars.  Now  the  end  of  the  commandment  is 
charity  out  of  a  pure  heart,  and  of  a  good  conscience, 
and  of  faith  unfeigned.     1  Tim.  i.  5. 

Teach.  And  above  all  things  have  fervent  charity 
among  yourselves  :  for  charity  shall  cover  the  multitude 
of  sins.     1  Pet.  iv.  8. 

ScHOL.      Though   I  speak  with   the   tongues  of  men 
and  of  angels,  and  have   not   charity,  I   am    become  as 
sounding  brass,  or  a  tinkling  cymbal.     1  Cor.  xiii.  1. 
175 


176  MANUAL,    OF    DEVOTIOW. 

Teach.  And  though  I  have  the  gift  of  prophecy,  and 
understand  all  mysteries,  and  all  knowledge  ;  and  though 
I  have  all  faith,  so  that  I  could  remove  mountains,  and 
have  not  charity,  I  am  nothing.     1  Cor.  xiii.  2. 

ScHOL.  And  though  I  bestow  all  my  goods  to  feed  the 
poor,  and  though  I  give  my  body  to  be  burned,  and  have 
not  charity,  it  profiteth  me  nothing.     1  Cor.  xiii.  3. 

Teach.  Charity  sufTereth  long,  and  is  kind  ;  charity 
envieth  not ;  charity  vaunteth  not  itself,  is  not  puffed  up. 
1  Cor.  xiii.  4. 

ScHOL.  Doth  not  behave  itself  unseemly,  seeketh  not 
her  own,  is  not  easily  provoked,  thinketh  no  evil.  1 
Cor.  xiii.  5. 

Teach.  Rejoiceth  not  in  iniquity,  but  rejoiceth  in  the 
truth,     1  Cor.  xiii.  6. 

ScHOL.  Beai-eth  all  things,  believeth  all  things,  hopeth 
all  things,  endureth  all  things.     1  Cor.  xiii.  7. 

Teach.  Charity  never  faileth  :  but  whether  there  be 
prophecies,  they  shall  fail  ;  whether  there  be  tongues, 
they  shall  cease  ;  whether  there  be  knowledge,  it  shall 
vanish  away.     1  Cor.  xiii.  8. 

ScHOL.  For  we  know  in  part,  and  we  prophesy  in 
part.  But  when  that  which  is  perfect  is  come,  then  that 
which  is  in  part  shall  be  done  away.     1  Cor.  xiii.  9,  10. 

Teach.  And  now  abideth  faith,  hope,  charity,  these 
three  ;  but  the  greatest  of  these  is  charity.  1  Cor.  xiii.  13. 

ScHOL.  Follow  after  charity  and  desire  spiritual  gifts, 
but  rather  that  ye  may  prophesy.     1  Cor.  xiv,  1, 

Teach.  And  above  all  these  things  put  on  charity, 
which  is  the  bond  of  perfectness.     Col.  iii.  14. 

ScHOL.  And  let  the  peace  of  God  rule  in  your  hearts, 
to  the  which  also  ye  are  called  in  one  body  ;  and  be  ye 
thankful.     Col.  iii.  5. 

Teach.  Let  the  word  of  Christ  dwell  in  you  richly 
in  all  wisdom  ;  teaching  and  admonishing  one  another  in 
psalms,  and  hymns,  and  spiritual  songs,  singing  with 
grace  in  your  hearts  to  the  Lord.     Col.  iii.  16. 


FOURTH    THURSDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  177 

In  thy  great  mercy,  0  Lord  our  God,  we  have  been 
permitted  to  pass  through  the  labors  and  cares  of  another 
day.  Thou  hast  blessed  our  going  out  and  our  coming  in, 
and  preserved  us  from  all  evil.  We  adore  and  praise  thy 
name,  tliat  we  are  again  permitted  to  encompass  thy  holy 
altar,  before  we  retire  to  rest.  In  our  approaches  to  thee, 
give  us  the  sincerity  of  unfeigned  devotion,  that  we  may 
wait  upon  thee  acceptably,  with  reverence  and  godly  fear, 
and  worship  thee  in  spirit  and  in  truth. 

We  come  before  thy  throne  under  a  sense  of  our  un- 
worthiness  ;  cast  us  not  away  from  thy  presence,  but  look 
upon  us  in  the  face  of  thine  Anointed.  We  come  under 
a  sense  of  our  sinfulness  ;  blot  out  our  transgressions,  heal 
all  our  bacJvslidings,  receive  us  graciously  and  love  us 
freely.  Purify  our  hearts  by  the  renewing  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  and  enrich  them  with  all  spiritual  graces.  Give 
us  faith,  without  which  it  is  impossible  to  please  thee,  and 
may  we  add  to  our  faith  virtue,  and  to  virtue  knowledge, 
and  to  knowledge  temperance,  and  to  temperance  patience, 
and  to  patience  godliness,  and  to  godliness  brotherly  kind- 
ness, and  to  brotherly  kindness  charity. 

May  the  love  of  Christ  constrain  us  to  love  our  neigh- 
bor as  ourselves,  and  may  we  ever  practise  that  charity 
which  is  the  bond  of  perfectness,  and  the  end  of  the  com- 
mandment, out  of  a  pure  heart,  and  of  a  good  conscience, 
and  of  faith  unfeigned.  May  this  grace  ever  preserve  us 
from  impatience,  ill-will,  envy,  pride,  and  censoriousness 
in  our  intercourse  with  others,  and  fill  our  hearts  with 
sympathy  and  benevolence  to  our  relatives  and  friends,  to 
the  church  and  the  whole  family  of  man,  that  we  may  be 
an  example  of  the  believers,  in  word,  in  conversation,  in 
charity,  in  spirit,  in  faith,  and  in  purity.  Amen!  Our 
Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy  name:  thy 
kingdom  come  :  thy  will  be  done  in  earth  as  it  is  in  hea- 
ven: give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread:  and  forgive,  &c. 


CONFIDENCE  IN  GOB. 


iFouctl)  jFn'UaD   in  t^e  itlontl).    i^orninfl. 


HYMN    100.        L.  M. 

Sargent. 
HE  who  hath  made  his  refuge— God, 
Shall  find  a  mosi  secure  abode ; 
Shall  walk  all  day  beneath  his  shade. 
And  there,  at  night,  shall  rest  bis  bead. 

Then  will  I  say,  '  My  God  thy  power 
'  Shall  lie  my  tortress  and  my  tower ; 
••I,  that  am  tirm'd  of  leeble  dust, 
'iVIalie  thine  Almighty  arm  niy  trust.' 

If  burning  beams  of  noon  conspire 
To  dart  a  pestilential  fire, 
God  is  their  life :  his  wings  are  spread. 
To  shield  them  with  a  healthful  shade. 

I'f  vapors,  with  inaUi^nant  breath, 
Rise  thick  and  scatter  midnight  death 
Israel  is  safe :  the  poison'd  air 
Grows  pure,  if  Israel's  God  be  there-. 


HYMN    Iftl.         s.  M. 
Marcus. 
THE  Lord  my  Shepherd  is, 

I  stiall  be  well  supplied  ; 
Since  he  is  mine  and  I  am  bis. 

What  can  I  want  beside? 
Since  he  is  mine  aiul  I  am  his 

W  hat  can  1  warn  beside  1 

He  leads  me  to  the  place 

Where  heav'niy  pasture  grows; 
Where  living  waters  gently  pass. 

And  CaJI  salvation  flows. 
Where-  living  waters  gently  pass. 
And  {till  salvation  flows. 

If  eVr  I  go  astray, 

He  doth  my  soul  reclaim  ; 

And  gNJdes  me  in  bis  own  right  way 
For  his  most  holy  name. 

And  guides  me  in  his  own  right  way. 
For  his  most  holy  name. 


Teacher.  I  have  set  the  Lord  always  before  me  :  be- 
cause he  is  at  my  rig^lit  hand,  I  shall  not  be  moved.  Ps. 
exvi.  8. 

Scholars.  The  beloved  of  the  Lord  shall  dwell  in 
safety  by  him,  and  the  Lord  shall  cover  him  all  the  day 
long.     Deut.  xxxiii.  12. 

Teach.  He  that  dwelleth  in  the  secret  place  of  the 
Most  Hig-h  shall  abide  under  the  shadow  of  the  Almighty. 
Ps.  xci.  1. 

ScHOL.  I  will  say  of  the  Lord,  He  is  my  refuge  and 
my  fortress  :  my  God  ;  in  him  will  I  trust.     Ps.  xci.  2. 

Teach.  Surely  he  shall  deliver  thee  from  the  snare  of 
the  fowler,  and  from  the  noisome  pestilence.     Ps.  xci.  3. 

ScHOL.     He   shall   cover   thee  with   his   feathers,  and 
under  his  wings  shalt  thou  trust :  his  truth  shall  he  thy 
shield  and  buckler.    Ps.  xci.  4. 
178 


FOURTH    FRIDAY    IN    THE    MONTH,  179 

Teach.  Thou  slialt  not  be  afraid  for  the  terror  by 
night  ;  nor  for  the  arrow  that  flieth  by  day  ;  nor  for  the 
pestilence  that  walketh  in  darkness  ;  nor  for  the  destruc- 
tion that  wasteth  at  noon-day.     Ps.  xci,  5,  6, 

ScHOL.  Because  thou  hast  made  the  Lord,  which  is 
my  refuge,  even  the  Most  High,  thy  habitation  ;  there 
shall  no  evil  befall  thee,  neither  shall  any  plague  come 
nigh  thy  dwelling.     Ps.  xci.  9,  10, 

Teach.  Thou  shall  dig  about  thee,  and  thou  shalt 
take  thy  rest  in  safety.  Also  thou  shalt  lie  down,  and 
none  shall  make  thee  afraid.     Job  xi.  18,  19. 

ScHOL.  I  will  both  lay  me  down  in  peace  and  sleep  ; 
for,  thou,  Lord,  only  makest  me  to  dwell  in  safety,  Ps. 
iv.  8. 

Teach.  When  thou  liest  down  thou  shalt  not  be 
afraid  -,  yea,  thou  shalt  lie  down,  and  thy  sleep  shall  be 
sweet.     Prov.  iii.  24. 

Schol.     He  giveth  his  beloved  skep,     Ps.  cxxvii.  2. 

Teach.  Behold  he  that  keepeth  Israel  shall  neither 
slumber  nor  sleep.  The  Lord  is  thy  keeper :  the  Lord  is 
thy  shade  up^n  thy  right  hand.     Ps.  cxxi,  4,  o. 

Schol.  As  the  mountains  are  round  about  Jerusalem, 
so  the  Lord  is  round  about  his  people,  from  henceforth 
even  forever.     Ps.  cxxv.  2. 

Teach.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  that  created  thee,  0  Ja- 
cob, and  he  that  formed  thee,  0  Israel,  Fear  not :  for  I 
have  redeemed  thee,  I  have  called  thee  by  thy  name  ;  thou 
art  mine,     Isaiah  xliii,  1. 

Schol,  When  thou  passest  through  the  waters,  1  will 
be  with  thee  ;  and  through  the  rivers,  they  shall  not  over- 
flow thee  :  when  thou  walkest  through  the  fire,  thou  shalt 
not  be  burned  ;  neither  shall  the  flame  kindle  upon  thee. 
Isa.  xliii,  2, 

Teach,  For  1  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  the  Holy  One 
of  Israel,  thy  Saviour,     Isaiah  xliii.  3. 


180  MANUAI.    OF    DEVOTIOH. 

0  God  !  who  art  the  confidence  of  the  ends  of  the  earth, 
and  of  all  those  who  are  afar  off  upon  the  sea:  thou  art  the 
strength  of  them  that  confide  in  thee ;  therefore  do  the  chil- 
dren of  men  put  their  trust  under  the  shadow  of  thy  wings. 

Author  of  all  being,  centre  of  all  power,  sovu-ce  of  all 
wisdom,  fount  of  all  goodness,  we  adore  thee  in  the  infin- 
ite and  glorious  attributes  of  thine  exalted  nature.  Thou 
art  infinite  in  power  to  protect,  whom  shall  we  fear?  Thou 
art  infinite  in  wisdom  to  guide,  of  what  shall  we  be  afraid,? 
Thou  art  infinite  in  goodness  to  bless,  for  what  shall  we 
be  careful?  O,  enable  us  to  trust  in  thee,  with  all  our 
heart,  and  lean  not  to  our  own  understanding;  and  to  ac- 
knowledge thee  in  all  our  ways,  that  thou  mayst  direct 
our  paths. 

Prepare  our  hearts,  we  pray  thee,  for  all  the  events  of 
thy  providence,  and  give  us  an  unwavering  reliance  upon 
thee,  under  every  dispensation  ;  in  adversity  as  well  as  in 
prosperity  ;  in  sorrow  as  well  as  in  rejoicing ;  in  sickness 
as  in  health  ;  and  should  the  days  of  darkness  be  many, 
may  we  never  think  thee  less  wise  or  good  under  the 
cloud,  than  in  the  sunshine;  but  where  we  cannot  trace 
thee  in  the  darkness,  may  we  trust ;  and  walking  by  faith, 
and  not  by  sight,  cast  not  away  our  confidence,  which 
hath  great  recompense  of  reward,  but  be  able  to  exclaim, 
"Though  he  slay  me,  yet  will  I  trust  in  him.  Although 
the  fig-tree  may  not  blossom,  neither  fruit  be  in  the  vines  ; 
the  labor  of  the  olive  fail,  and  the  fields  yield  no  meat ; 
the  flock  be  cut  oflf  from  the  fold,  and  there  be  no  herd  in 
the  stalls — yet  will  I  rejoice  in  the  Lord,  and  joy  in  the 
God  of  my  salvation." 

We  bless  thee,  heavenly  Father,  that  he  that  keepeth 
Israel  doth  not  slumber  nor  sleep;  and  that  we  have  lain 
down  in  peace  and  slept,  and  risen  up  again,  because  thou. 
Lord,  only  makest  us  to  dwell  in  safety.  Lead  us  this  day 
in  the  way  everlasting,  and  save  us  for  Christ's  sake. 


CONFIDENCE  IN  GOD. 


JFourtf)  ifvfDai)  in  tJjc  j^ontlj.     Hbeninn- 

HYMN    102.         L.  M.  HYMN    103.         t.  M. 

Stonefield.  Raymond. 

GOD  is  onr  refuge  and  defence ;  GLORY  to  ihee,  my  God  this  night, 

In  trouble  our  unfailing  aid :  For  all  the  blessings  of  the  light  : 

Secure  in  his  omnipotence,  Keep  me,  O  keep  me,  King  of  kings, 

What  foe  can  make  our  souls  afraid  ?  Beneath  the  shadow  of  tliy  wings. 

Vea,  though  the  earth's  foundation  rock,  Forgive  me.  Lord,  for  thy  dear  Son, 

An  1  raouiitaiiis  down  the  gulf  be  hurl'J,  The  ill  which  I  this  day  have  done  ; 

ni-:  people  smile  amid  the  shock :  That  with  the  world,  myself  and  thee, 

They  look  beyond  tiiia  transient  world.  I,  ere  I  sleep,  at  peace  may  be. 

There  is  a  river  pure  and  bright,  [plains ;    Teach  me  to  live,  that  I  may  dread 

Whose  streams   make  glad  the  heavenly    The  grave  as  little  as  my  bed  ; 

Where  in  eternity  of  light  Teach  me  to  die,  that  so  I  may 

The  city  of  our  God  remains.  Rise  glorious  at  the  judgment  day. 

Built  by  the  word  of  his  command,  O  let  my  soul  on  thee  repose,    • 

With  his  unclouded  presence  blest.  And  may  sweet  sleep  mine  eyelids  close ; 

Firm  as  his  throne  the  bulwarks  stand;  Sleep  which  shall  me  more  vig'rous  makei 

There  is  our  home,  our  hope,  our  rest  To  serve  my  God,  when  I  awake. 

Teacher.  Trust  in  the  Lord  with  all  thy  heart ;  and 
lean  not  unto  thine  own  understanding  ;  in  all  thy  ways 
acknowledge  him,  and  he  shall  direct  thy  paths.  Prov. 
iii.  5,  6. 

Scholars.  It  is  better  to  trust  in  the  Lord,  than  to 
put  confidence  in  princes.     Ps.  cxviii.  9. 

Teach.  The  Lord  shall  be  thy  confidence,  and  shall 
keep  thy  foot  from  being  taken.     Prov.  iii.  2(i. 

ScHOL.  In  thee,  0  Lord,  do  I  put  my  trust,  let  me 
never  be  put  to  confusion.     Ps.  Ixxi.  1. 

Teach.  Whoso  putteth  his  trust  in  the  Lord  shall  be 
safe.     Prov,  xxix.  25. 

ScHOL.  Thou  art  my  hope,  0  Lord  God  ;  thou  art  my 
trust  from  my  youth.     Ps.  Ixxi.  5. 

Teach.     The  Lord  God  is  a  sun  and  shield  :  the  Lord 
will  give  grace  and  glory  ;  no  good  thing  will  he  withhold 
from  them  that  walk  uprightly.     Ps.  Ixxxiv.  IL 
16  181 


182 


MANUAL     OP     DEVOTION. 


ScHOL.  The  God  of  my  rock,  in  him  will  I  trust,  he 
is  my  shield,  and  the  horn  of  my  salvation,  my  high 
tower  and  my  i-efuge,  my  Saviour.     2  Sam.  xxii.  3. 

Teach.  The  Lord  is  my  rock,  and  my  fortress,  and 
my  deliverer ;  my  God,  my  strength,  in  whom  I  will 
trust.     Ps.  xviii.  2. 

ScHOL  Because  thou  hast  been  my  help,  therefore  in 
the  shadow  of  thy  wings  will  I  rejoice.    Ps.  Ixiii.  7. 

Teach.  Fear  thou  not,  for  I  am  with  thee  ;  be  not 
dismayed,  for  I  am  thy  God  ;  I  will  strengthen  thee  ; 
yea,  I  will  help  thee  ;  yea,  I  will  uphold  thee  with  the  right 
hand  of  my  righteousness.     Isa.  xli.  10. 

ScHOL.  Help  us,  0  God  of  our  salvation,  for  the 
glory  of  thy  name.     Ps.  Ixxix.  9. 

Teach.  I,  the  Lord  thy  God,  will  hold  thy  right 
hand,  saying  unto  thee.  Fear  not,  I  will  help  thee.  Is. 
xli.  13; 

ScHOL.  Let  us  come  boldly  unto  the  throne  of  grace, 
that  we  may  obtain  mercy,  and  find  grace  to  help  in  time 
of  need.     Heb.  iv.  16. 

Teach.  The  Lord  will  keep  the  feet  of  his  saints, 
and  the  wicked  shall  be  silent  in  darkness  ;  for  by 
strength  shall  no  man  prevail.     1  Sam.  ii.  9. 

ScHOL.  Keep  me,  0  Lord,  from  the  hands  of  the 
wicked.     Ps.  cxl.  4. 

Teach.  Let  them  that  suffer  according  to  the  will  of 
Ood,  commit  the  keeping  of  their  souls  to  him  in  well- 
doing, as  unto  a  faithful  Creator.     1  Pet,  iv.  19. 

Schol.  0  keep  my  soul  and  deliver  me,  let  me  not  be 
xishamed  ;  for  I  put  my  trust  in  thee.     Ps   xxv.  20. 

Teach.  Lord,  who  is  like  unto  thee?  which  deliverest 
the  poor  from  him  that  is  too  strong  for  him,  yea,  the 
poor  and  the  needy,  from  him  that  spoileth  him.  Ps. 
XXXV.  10. 

Schol.  Thou  art  my  hiding-place  ;  thou  shalt  pre- 
serve me  from  trouble  ;  thou  shalt  compass  me  about 
with  songs  of  deliverance      Ps.  xxxii  7. 


FOURTH    FRIDAY   IN   THE    MONTH.  183 

Almighty  and  eternal  Jehovah!  thou  art  the  God,  even 
thou  alone,  of  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth  ;  for  thou  hasi, 
made  the  heavens  and  the  earth,  and  the  inhabitants  there- 
of. We  adore  thee  as  the  ruler  of  the  universe,  and  we 
would  repose  confidence  in  the  wisdom,  justice  and  mercy 
of  thy  government.  Thou  art  too  wise  to  err,  and  too 
good  to  be  unkind.  The  Lord  reigneth,  let  the  earth  re- 
joice; let  the  multitude  of  the  isles  thereof  be  glad. 

Blessed  Jesus,  may  we  become  the  subjects  of  thy 
peaceful  kingdom.  May  we  be  delivered  from  the  bond- 
age of  sin  and  death,  and  take  upon  us  thy  yoke  which  is 
easy,  and  thy  burden  which  is  light.  Rule  over  us.  King 
Immanuel.  Enlighten  our  understandings,  and  fill  them 
with  heavenly  wisdom;  subdue  our  wills,  and  make  them 
obedient  to  thy  law;  rule  over  our  affections  and  fill  them 
with  love — love  to  thee,  love  to  each  other,  love  to  the 
church,  and  love  to  all  mankind.  Make  our  souls  thy 
sacred  temples,  and  the  members  of  our  bodies  the  instru- 
ments of  righteousness,  that  we  may  serve  thee,  in  our 
souls  and  our  bodies,  which  are  thine. 

God  of  benevolence  and  love ;  as  thou  didst  not  with- 
hold thine  only  Son,  but  didst  deliver  him  up  for  us  all, 
O,  give  us  a  lively  confidence  in  thee,  that  with  him,  thou 
wilt  freely  give  us  all  things;  for  the  Lord  God  is  a  sun 
and  shield;  the  Lord  will  give  grace  and  glory,  ajid  no 
good  thing  will  he  withhold  from  them  that  walk  uprightly. 

Lord  help  us  to  see  thy  hand  in  all  things.  Sanctify  to 
us  all  the  events  of  thy  providence — our  afflictions,  our 
disappointments,  our  losses  and  bereavements;  and  know- 
ing that  the  Lord  doth  not  willingly  afflict  the  childi-en  of 
men,  may  we  regard  them  as  the  merciful  chastisements 
of  our  Father  in  heaven,  and  rejoice  that  these  light  afflic- 
tions, which  are  but  for  a  moment,  shall  work  out  for  us, 
a  far  more  exceeding  and  eternal  weight  of  glory.  Amen! 
Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy  name,  &c. 


BLESSINGS    UPON   FAMILIES 


jFourtI)   Saturtiai)  fix  tije   J^ontlj.     i^otninfl. 


HYMN    104.        c.  M. 

Florence. 
O  HAPPY  man,  whose  bouI  is  fill'd 

With  zeal  and  rev'reiid  awe  ! 
His  lips  to  God  their  honors  yield, 

His  life  adorns  the  law. 

A  careful  providence  will  stand, 

And  ever  guard  thy  head: 
Will  on  the  labors  of  thy  hand 

Its  kindly  blessings  shed. 

Thy  wife  shall  be  a  fruitful  vine ; 

Thy  children  round  thy  board. 
Each  like  a  plant  of  honor  sliine, 

And  leani  to  fear  the  Lord. 

The  Lord  will  thy  best  hopes  fulfil, 
For  months  and  years  to  come ; 

The  Lord,  who  dwells  on  Zion's  hill, 
Will  send  the  blessings  home. 


HYMN    105.       L.  M. 

South  Street. 
FATHER  of  men,  thy  care  we  bless, 
Which  crowns  our  families  with  peace; 
From  thee  they  sprung,  and  by  tliy  hand 
Their  root  and  branches  are  sustain'd. 

To  God  most  worthy  to  be  prais'd, 
Be  our  domestic  altars  rais'd ; 
Who,  Lord  of  Heaven,  scorns  not  to  dwel 
Witli  saints  in  their  obscurest  cell. 

To  thee  may  each  united  flouse. 
Morning  and  night,  present  its  vows ; 
Our  servants  here,  and  rising  race. 
Be  taught  thy  precepts,  ani.1  thy  grace. 

l)h  may  each  future  age  proclaim 
The  honors  of  thy  glorious  name ; 
While,  plejis'd  and  thankful,  we  remove 
To  join  the  family  above. 


Teacher.  The  house  of  the  righteous  shall  stand. 
Prov.  xii.  7. 

Scholars.  The  tabernacle  of  the  upright  shall  flourish. 
Prov.  xiv.  11. 

Teach.  He  blesseth  the  habitation  of  the  just.  Prov. 
iii.  33. 

ScHOL.  Thou  shalt  know  also  that  thy  tabernacle 
shall  be  in  peace  ;  and  thou  shalt  visit  thy  habitation  and 
shall  not  sin.  Thou  shalt  know  also  that  thy  seed  shall 
be  great,  and  thine  offspring  as  the  grass  of  the  earth. 
Thou  shalt  come  to  thy  grave  in  a  full  age,  like  as  a 
shock  of  corn  cometh  in  in  his  season.  Job.  v.  24,25,26. 

Teach.  If  thou  wert  pure  and  upright,  surely  now  he 
would  awake  for  thee,  and  make  the  habitation  of  thy 
righteousness  prosperous.  Though  thy  beginning  were 
184 


FOURTH    SATtTRDAY    IN   THE    MONTH.  185 

small,  yet  thy  latter  end  should  greatly  increase.  Job  viii 
6,7. 

ScHOL.  Thy  wife  shall  be  as  a  fruitful  vine  by  the 
sides  of  thine  house  ;  thy  children,  like  olive  plants  round 
about  thy  table.  Behold  thus  shall  the  man  be  blessed 
that  feareth  the  Lord.     Ps.  cxxviii.  3,  4. 

Teach.  The  Lord  shall  bless  thee  out  of  Zion  ;  and 
thou  shait  see  the  good  of  Jerusalem  all  the  days  of  thy 
life.  Yea  thou  shall  see  thy  children's  children,  and 
peace  upon  Israel.     Ps.  cxxviii.  5,  6. 

ScHOL.  I  will  be  the  God  of  all  the  families  of  Israel, 
and  they  shall  be  my  people.     Jer.  xxxi.  1. 

Teach.  And  ye  shall  be  my  people,  emd  I  will  be  your 
God.     Jer.  xxx.  22. 

ScHOL.     Thou  shalt  keep  the  statutes,  that  it  may  go 

well  with  thee,  and  thy  children  after  thee.      Deut.  v.  29. 

Teach.     I  will  give  them  one  heart  and  one  way,  that 

they  may  fear  me  forever,  for  the  good  of  them,  and  of 

their  children  after  them.     Jer.  xxxii.  39. 

ScHOL.  The  just  man  walketh  in  his  integrity  ;  his 
children  are  blessed  after  him.     Prov.  xx.  7. 

Teach.  His  seed  shall  be  mighty  upon  earth  ;  the 
generation  of  the  upright  shall  be  blessed.    Ps.  cxii.  2. 

ScHOL.  A  good  man  leaveth  an  inheritance  xinto  his 
children's  children  ;  and  the  wealth  of  the  sinner  is  laid 
up  for  the  just.     Prov.  xiii.  22. 

Teach.  The  seed  of  the  righteous  shall  be  delivered 
Prov.  xi.  21. 

ScHOL.  In  the  fear  of  the  Lord  is  strong  confidence  ; 
and  his  children  shall  have  a  place  of  refuge.  Prov. 
xiv.  26. 

Teach.  The  children  of  thy  servants  shall  contmue, 
and  their  seed  shall  be  established  before  thee.  Ps.  cii.  28. 
ScHOL.  I  have  been  young  and  now  am  old,  yet  have 
I  not  seen  the  righteous  forsaken,  nor  his  seed  begging 
bread.  He  is  merciful  and  lendeth  ;  and  his  seed  is 
blessed.  Ps.  xxxvii.  25,  26. 
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186  MANUAL    OF    DEVOTION. 

0  God,  thou  art  the  God  of  all  the  families  of  the  earth, 
for  thy  power  has  created  them,  and  thy  pi'ovidence  sus- 
tained them.  But  thou  art  especially  the  God  of  the  fami- 
lies that  reverence  thy  name,  and  keep  thy  command- 
ments. Thy  curse  is  in  the  house  of  the  wicked,  but  thou 
blessest  the  habitation  of  the  just.  Father  Almighty,  we 
come  to  thee  in  the  name  of  him  in  whom  all  the  families 
of  the  earth  shall  be  blessed.  God  of  the  families  of  Israel ! 
thou  art  our  God,  we  will  praise  thee;  thou  art  our  fathers' 
God,  we  will  exalt  thine  excellent  name.  Look  mercifully 
upon  us,  we  beseech  thee,  this  morning,  and  bless  us  with 
the  favor  with  which  thou  regardest  thy  people. 

Bless  all  the  families  with  which  we  are  connected. 
Give  grace  to  the  heads  of  them  respectively  to  teach  and 
govern  their  offspring,  and  to  lay  upon  them  all  wise,  ne- 
cessary, and  salutary  restraints,  and  to  commend,  by  the 
example  of  their  lives,  as  well  as  by  precept,  the  gospel  of 
Christ.  May  their  children  become  thy  children,  their 
friends  thy  friends,  their  servants  thy  servants;  and  may 
they  be  families  saved  by  the  Lord,  and  working  right- 
eousness before  thee.  Give  them  thy  favor  which  is  life, 
and  thy  loving-kindness  which  is  better  than  life.  Grant 
them,  we  beseech  thee,  the  temporal  blessings  which  are 
necessary  for  their  sustenance  and  comfort  in  this  life;  but 
especially,  bestow  upon  them  those  spiritual  blessings 
which  will  enrich  the  soul,  when  all  earthly  comforts  shall 
fail  and  pass  away. 

Shepherd  of  Israel,  who  carriest  in  thine  arms  the  lambs 
of  the  flock,  have  in  thy  holy  keeping  those  who  in  the 
days  of  their  youth  have  remembered  thee  their  Creator, 
and  have  turned  their  feet  unto  thy  testimonies.  Direct 
them  by  thy  wisdom,  defend  them  by  thy  power,  and 
adorn  them  by  thy  grace  ;  that  our  sons  may  be  as  plants 
grown  up  in  their  youth,  and  our  daughters  as  corner- 
stones, polished  after  the  similitude  of  a  palace.    Amen) 


THE  BEATITUDES. 


JFouvtl)  Satuvtini)   tn    the  i^lontl;.     HbeniuQ. 


HYMN    106.        L.   M. 

Temple  Street. 
BfiEST  are  the  humble  souls  who  see  Blest  are  the  men,  whose  bowels  mive. 

Their  emptiness  antl  poverty  :  And  melt  with  sympathy  and  love; 

Treasures  of  grace  to  them  are  given,  From  Christ,  the  LorJ,  shail  lliey  obiam 

And  crowns  of  joy  laid  up  in  heaven.  Like  sympathy  and  love  again. 

Blest  are  the  men  of  broken  heart,  Blest  are  the  pure,  whose  liearis  aw  clean 

Who  mourn  for  sins  with  inward  sm.irt ;  From  the  defiling  power  of  sin; 

The  blooJ  of  Christ  divinely  flaws,  VMth  endless  pleasure,  they  shall  see 

A  healing  balm  for  all  llieir  woes.  A  God  of  spotless  ptnity. 

Blest  are  the  meek,  who  stand  afar  Blest  are  the  men  of  peaceful  life. 

From  rage  and  passion,  noise  and  war  ;  Who  quench  Uie  coals  of  growing  strife ; 

God  will  secure  their  happy  state,  They  shall  be  c.dl'd  tlie  heirs  of  bliss. 

And  plead  their  cause  .agamst  tlie  great.  The  so  s  of  God,  the  GoJ  of  peace. 

Blest  are  ihe  souh  that  thirst  for  grace,  Blest  are  the  suff'rers,  who  p.irtake 

Hunger  and  long  f>ir  righteousness;  Of  pain  and  shame  for  Jesus'  sake; 

They  shall  be  well  snpply'd  and  fei.l,  Their  souls  shall  triumph  in  the  Lonl  ; 

Wiih  living  streams  and  living  bread.  Glory  and  joy  are  their  reward. 

Teacher.  Blessed  are  the  poor  in  spirit  :  for  theirs  is 
the  kingdom  of  heaven.     Matt.  v.  3. 

Scholars.  Blessed  are  they  that  movirn  :  for  they  shall 
be  comforted.     Matt.  v.  4. 

Teach.  Blessed  are  the  meek  :  for  they  shall  inherit 
the  earth.     Matt.  v.  5. 

ScHOL.  Blessed  are  they  which  do  hunger  and  thirst 
after  righteousness  :  for  they  shall  be  filled.      Matt,  v.  6. 

Teach.  Blessed  are  the  merciful  :'  for  they  shall  ob- 
tain mercy.     Matt.  v.  7. 

ScHOL.  Blessed  are  the  pure  in  heart  :  for  they  shall 
see  God.     Matt.  v.  8. 

Teach.  Blessed  are  the  peace-makers  :  for  they  shall 
be  called  the  children  of  Crod.     Matt.  v.  9. 

ScHOL.  Blessed  are  they  which  are  persecuted  for 
righteousness'  sake  :  for  theirs  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 
Matt.  V.  10. 

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188  MANUAL     OF     DEVOTION. 

Teach.  Blessed  are  ye  when  men  shall  revile  you, 
and  persecute  you,  and  shall  say  all  manner  of  evil 
against  you  falsely,  for  my  sake.     Matt.  v.  11. 

ScHOL.  Rejoice,  and  be  exceeding  glad  :  for  great  ia 
your  reward  in  heaven  :  for  so  persecuted  they  the  pro- 
phets which  were  before  you.     Matt.  v.  12. 

Teach.  Blessed  are  the  undefiled  in  the  way  who 
v/alk  in  the  law  of  the  Lord.     Ps.  cxix.  1. 

ScHOL.  Blessed  are  they  that  keep  his  testimonies, 
and  that  seek  him  with  the  whole  heart.  They  also  do 
no  iniquity  :  they  walk  in  his  ways.     Ps.  cxix.  2,  3. 

Teach.  Blessed  is  the  people  that  know  the  joyful 
sound  :  they  shall  walk,  0  Lord,  in  the  light  of  thy  coun- 
tenance.    Ps.  Ixxxix.  15. 

ScHOL.  In  thy  name  shall  they  rejoice  all  the  day : 
and  in  thy  righteousness  shall  they  be  exalted.  Ps. 
Ixxxix.  16. 

Teach.  Blessed  is  the  man  that  heareth  me,  watching 
daily  at  my  gates,  waiting  at  the  posts  of  my  doors.  For 
whoso  findeth  me,  findeth  life,  and  shall  obtain  favor  of 
the  Lord.     Prov.  viii.  34,  35. 

Schol.  Blessed  are  they  that  dwell  in  thy  house  : 
they  will  be  still  praising  thee.     Ps.  Ixxxiv.  4. 

Teach.  Blessed  is  the  man  to  whom  the  Lord  will 
not  impute  sin.     Rom.  iv.  8. 

Schol.  Blessed  are  they  whose  iniquities  are  forgiven, 
and  whose  sins  are  covered.     Rom.  iv.  7. 

Teach.  Blessed  is  the  man  whose  strength  is  in  thee. 
For  the  Lord  is  a  sun  and  a  shield  ;  the  Lord  will  give 
grace  and  glory  :  no  good  thing  will  he  withhold  from 
them  that  walk  uprightly.     Ps.  Ixxxiv.  5,  11. 

Schol.  Blessed  is  the  man  that  endureth  temptation  ; 
for  when  he  is  tried,  he  shall  receive  the  crown  of  life 
which  the  Lord  hath  promised  to  them  that  love  him. 
James  i.  12. 

Teach.  Blessed  is  the  nation  whose  God  is  the  Lord  ; 
and  the  people  whom  he  hath  chosen  for  his  own  inheri- 
tance.    Ps.  xxxiii.  12 


FOURTH    SATURDAY    IN   THE    MONTH.  189 

"VVe  adore  thee,  our  Father  and  God,  as  a  God  of  bound- 
less benevolence  and  mercy.  Thou  art  the  Father  of  mer- 
cies, from  whom  cometh  down  every  good  and  perfect 
gift.  We  thank  thee  for  the  enjoyment  of  all  the  temporal 
and  spiritual  blessings  with  which  we  have  been  favored , 
during  the  week  now  drawing  to  a  close.  Thy  protection 
has  been  over  us ;  thou  hast  blessed  our  going  out,  and 
our  coming  in  ;  thou  hast  m.inistered  to  our  wants,  and  we 
are  permitted  again  to  supplicate  a  throne  of  grace.  Thou 
hast  been  our  sun,  this  day,  be  our  shield  through  the 
night,  and  preserve  us  to  behold  the  light  of  thy  holy  day, 
and  to  enter  upon  its  duties. 

We  thank  thee,  O  Lord,  for  the  words  of  counsel  and 
of  comfort,  which  we  have  just  read — that  although  our 
ears  were  not  permitted  to  listen  to  the  living  voice  of  him 
that  spake  as  never  man  spake,  our  eyes  are  privileged  to 
read  the  gracious  truths  that  fell  from  his  lips.  Oh!  may 
the  graces  he  commends  be  our  ornament,  and  the  bless 
ings  he  utters  be  our  inheritance.  Deliver  us,  0  God ,  from 
pride,  and  make  us  poor  in  spirit,  that  we  may  inherit  the 
kingdom  of  heaven.  Amid  the  sorrows  of  life  be  thou 
our  joy  and  crown  of  rejoicing.  Deliver  us  from  all  un- 
charitableness,  and  make  us  meek  and  lowly  of  heart. 
May  our  souls  hunger  for  the  bread  of  life,  and  thirst  for 
the  watei-s  of  salvation,  that  they  may  be  filled.  Make 
us  merciful  and  kind,  that  we  may  obtain  mercy,  and  find, 
grace  to  help  in  time  of  need.  Make  us  pure  in  heart, 
that  we  may  see  God  by  faith  upon  earth,  and  behold  his 
face  in  heaven.  Make  us  the  friends  and  followers  of 
peace,  that  we  may  feel  how  good  and  how  pleasant  it  is 
for  brethren  to  dwell  together  in  unity.  And  amid  the 
afflictions  and  persecutions  of  earth,  may  we  look  forward 
to  an  inheritance  incorruptible,  and  undefiled,  and  that 
fadeth  not  away,  reserved  in  heaven  for  us.  Amen!  Our 
Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy  name,  &c. 


HOUSE  OF  GOD 


:^ifti)   SuntiaD   in  ti)e  ^ontti-     plnrninfl. 


HYMN    107. 


YE  nations  of  the  earth  rejoice, 
Before  the  Lord,  your  sovereign  King, 
Serve  him  with  cheerful  heart  and  voice; 
With  all  your  tongues  his  glory  sing. 

The  Lord  is  God;— 'lis  he  alone 
Doth  life  and  breath  and  being  give; 
We  are  his  work,  and  not  our  own ; 
The  sheep  that  on  his  pasture  live. 

Enter  his  gates  with  songs  of  joy ; 
With  praises  to  his  courts  repair: 
And  make  it  your  divine  employ, 
To  pay  your  thanks  and  honors  there. 

The  Lord  is  good;  the  Lord  is  kind; 
Great  is  his  grace,  his  mercy  sure ; 
And  the  whole  race  of  man  shall  find 
Hii  truth  from  age  to  age  endure. 


HYMN    108.         C.  M. 
Happiness. 
MY  soul,  how  lovely  is  the  place, 

To  which  thy  God  resorts  I 
'Tis  heaven,  to  see  his  smiling  face, 
Though  in  his  earthly  courts. 

There  the  great  monarch  of  the  skies 
His  saving  power  displays; 

And  light  breaks  in  upon  our  eyes, 
With  kind  and  quick'ning  rays. 

With  his  rich  gifts  the  heav'niy  Dove 
Descends,  and  fills  the  place; 

While  Christ  reveals  his  wondroui  lore. 
And  sheds  abroad  his  grace. 

There,  mighty  God,  thy  words  declare 

The  secrets  of  thy  will ; 
And  still  we  seek  thy  mercies  there ; 
And  sing  thy  praises  still. 


Teacher.  The  Lord  is  in  his  holy  temple  ;  let  all  the 
earth  keep  silence  before  him.     Hab.  ii.  20. 

Scholars.  Ye  shall  keep  my  Sabbaths,  and  reverence 
my  sanctuary,  I  am  the  Lord.     Lev.  xix.  30. 

Teach.  Every  one  that  keepeth  my  Sabbath  from 
polluting  it,  and  taketh  hold  of  my  covenant,  even  them 
will  I  bring  to" my  holy  mountain,  and  make  them  joyful 
in  my  house  of  prayer  ;  their  burnt-offerings  and  their 
sacrifices  shall  be  accepted  upon  mine  altar  ;  for  my  house 
shall  be  called  a  house  of  prayer  for  all  people.   Is.  Ivi.  6,  7. 

ScHOL.  Exalt  the  Lord  our  God,  and  worship  at  his 
holy  hill ;  for  the  Lord  our  God  is  holy.     Ps.  xcix.  9. 

Teach.  The  Lord  is  great,  and  greatly  to  be  praised : 
he  is  to  be  feared  above  all  gods.  Honor  and  majesty 
are  before  him  ;  strength  and  beauty  are  in  his  sanctuary. 
Ps.  xcvi.  4,  6. 

190 


FIFTH    SUNDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  191 

ScHOL.  Give  unto  the  Lord,  0  ye  kindreds  of  the 
people,  give  unto  the  Lord  glory  and  strength.  Give 
unto  the  Lord  the  glory  due  unto  his  name  :  bring  an 
offering,  and  come  into  his  courts.     Ps.  xcvi.  7,  8. 

Teach.  0  worship  the  Lord  in  the  beauty  of  holiness  : 
fear  before  him,  all  the  earth.  Say  among  the  heathen 
that  the  Lord  reigneth.     Ps.  xcvi.  9,  10. 

ScHOL.  Who  shall  ascend  into  the  hill  of  the  Lord?, 
and  who  shall  stand  in  the  holy  place?      Ps.  xxiv.  3. 

Teach.  He  that  hath  clean  hands,  and  a  pure  heart : 
who  hath  not  lifted  up  his  soul  unto  vanity,  nor  sworn 
deceitfully.  He  shall  receive  the  blessing  from  the  Lord, 
and  righteousness  from  the  God  of  his  salvation.  Ps. 
xxiv.  4,  5. 

ScHOL.  Wherewith  shall  T  come  before  the  Lord,  and 
bow  myself  before  the  high  God.     Micali  vi.  6. 

Teach.  Serve  the  Lord  with  gladness  :  come  before 
his  presence  with  singing.  Know  ye  that  the  Lord  he  is 
God.     Ps.  c.  2,  3. 

Schol.  It  is  he  that  hath  made  us,  and  not  we  our- 
selves ;  we  are  his  people,  and  the  sheep  of  his  pasture. 
Ps.  c.  3. 

Teach.  Enter  into  his  gates  with  thanksgiving,  and 
'nto  his  courts  with  praise  :  be  thankful  unto  him,  and 
oless  his  name.     Ps.  c.  4. 

Schol.  For  the  Lord  is  good  ;  his  mercy  is  everlast- 
ing ;  and  his  trvith  endureth  to  all  generations.     Ps.  c.  5. 

Teach.  Blessed  are  they  that  dwell  in  thy  house  : 
they  will  be  still  praising  thee.     Ps.  Ixxxiv.  4. 

Schol.  For  a  day  in  thy  courts  is  better  than  a  thou- 
sand. I  had  rather  be  a  door-keeper  in  the  house  of  my 
God,  than  to  dwell  in  the  tents  of  wickedness.  Ps. 
Ixxxiv.  10. 

Teach.  For  the  Lord  is  a  sun  and  a  shield  ;  the  Lord 
will  give  grace  and  glory  ;  no  good  thing  will  he  withhold 
from  them  that  walk  uprightly.     Ps.  Ixxxiv.  11. 


192  MANUAL    OF    DEVOTION. 

Great  and  glorious  Jehovah!  How  inconceivable  is 
thy  majesty!  Heaven  is  thy  throne,  and  earth  is  thy  foot- 
stool ;  no  temple  built  with  hands  is  worthy  of  thee,  0 
God.  Heaven  and  the  heaven  of  heavens  cannot  contain 
thee  ;  for  thou  pervadest  and  fillest  immensity.  We  praise 
thine  infinite  condescension,  that  thou  deignest  to  honor, 
with  thy  presence,  the  house  of  prayer — the  sanctuary 
where  congregations  assemble,  and  the  abodes  where  pious 
families  reside  ;  and  dost  dwell  with  him  who  is  of  a  con- 
trite spirit  and  humble  heart. 

Lord,  may  we  ever  love  the  habitation  of  thy  house,  and 
the  place  where  thine  honor  dwelleth  ;  when  within  its 
hallowed  precincts,  may  heart  and  lip  be  awed  into  rever- 
ence, and  may  we  realize,  The  Lord  is  in  his  holy  temple  ; 
let  all  the  earth  keep  silence  before  him.  As  thou  hast 
brought  us  to  behold  the  light  of  the  Sabbath,  prepare  us 
for  the  discharge  of  its  duties,  and  for  spending  its  hours 
in  holy  communion  with  thee.  In  the  public  exercises  of 
the  sanctuary,  in  social  worship,  and  the  retirement  of 
private  devotion,  do  thou  inspire  our  hearts,  that  we  may 
wait  acceptably  before  thee,  and  worship  thee  who  art  a 
spirit,  in  spirit  and  in  truth. 

Fill  with  the  Holy  Ghost  thy  ministering  servants,  that 
they  may  be  the  messengers  of  salvation  to  a  dying  world  ; 
and  grant  that  great  energy,  power  and  efficacy  may  at- 
tend the  proclamations  of  eternal  truth,  this  day;  and  may 
its  warnings  arouse,  its  doctrines  instruct,  its  truths  direct, 
and  its  promises  comfort,  the  souls  of  those  that  hear. 

Bless  the  means  employed  for  the  enlightenment  of  the 
people,  and  the  dissemination  of  gospel  truth, — all  insti- 
tutions of  learning,  all  Sabbath  schools,  all  Bible  and  mis- 
sionary societies  ;  and  prepare  the  heathen  to  hail  the 
heralds  of  the  cross,  "  How  beautiful  upon  the  mountains, 
are  the  feet  of  him  that  bringeth  good  tidings,  that  pub- 
lisheth  salvation!"    Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  &c. 


BEAUTY  OF  THE  HOUSE  OF  GOD. 


j?iftl}  Suntsas  m  tje  iHonti).     Hbenins- 


HYMN    109.        p.  M. 

Plummer. 
IjORD  of  the  worlds  above, 

How  plensant,  and  how  fair, 
The  dwellingE  of  tliy  love, 

Thy  earihly  temples  are  I 
To  thine  abode  my  heart  aspires  ; 
With  warm  desires  to  see  my  God. 
O  happy  souls  who  pray 

Where  God  appoints  to  hear, 
0  happy  men,  who  pay 

Their  constant  service  there  1 
They  praise  iliee  still :  and  happy  Lhey, 
Who  love  the  way  to  Ziou's  hill. 
They  go  from  strength  to  strength, 

Through  this  dark  vale  of  tears  ; 
Till  each  arrives  at  lergth, 

Till  each  in  heaven  appears. 
Oh  giorious  Eeat,  when  God  our  King 
Shall  thi-.her  bring  our  willing  feet  1 


HYMN     110.         c.  M. 

Jerusalem. 
HOW  did  my  heart  rejoice  to  hear 

My  friends  devoutly  say, 
•In  Zion  let  ns  all  appear, 

'  And  keep  the  solemn  day ! ' 

1  love  her  gates,  I  love  the  road ! 

The  church,  adorn'd  with  grace, 
Stands  like  a  palace  built  for  God, 

To  show  bis  milder  face. 

Peace  be  within  this  sacred  place, 

And  joy  a  constant  guest ! 
A\'ith  holy  gifts  and  heavenly  grace, 

iie  her  attendants  blest 

My  scid  shall  pray  for  Zion  sti!l 
While  life  or  breath  remains  ; 

Here  my  best  friends,  my  kindred  dwell, 
Here  God,  my  Saviour  reigns. 


Teacher.  How  amiable  are  thy  tabernacles,  0  Lord 
of  hosts  !     Ps.  Ixxiv.  1. 

Scholars.  My  soul  longeth,  yea,  even  fainteth  for 
the  courts  of  the  Lord  :  my  heart  and  my  flesh  crieth  out 
for  the  livmg  God.     Ps.  Ixxiv.  2. 

Teach.  Blessed  are  they  that  dwell  in  thy  house  ; 
they  will  be  still  praising  thee.     Ps.  Ixxxiv.  4. 

ScHOL.  Lord,  I  have  loved  the  habitation  of  thy 
house,  and  the  place  where  thine  honor  dwelleth.  Ps. 
xxvi.  8. 

Teach.  I  will  worship  toward  thy  holy  temple,  and 
praise  thy  name  for  thy  loving-kindness  and  for  thy 
truth  ;  for  thou  hast  magnified  thy  word  above  all  thy 
name.     Ps.  cxxxviii.  2. 

ScHOL.  One  tlung  have  I  desired  of  the  Lord,  that  will 
17  193 


194  MANCAL    OF    DEVOTION. 

I  seek  after  ;  that  I  may  dwell  in  the  house  of  the  Lord 
all  the  days  of  my  life,  to  behold  the  beauty  of  the  Lord, 
and  to  inquire  in  his  temple.     Ps.  xxvii.  4. 

Teach.  For  in  the  time  of  trouble  he  shall  hide  me  in 
his  pavilion  :  in  the  secret  of  his  tabernacle  shall  he  hide 
me  ;  he  shall  set  me  up  upon  a  rock.     Ps.  xxvii.  5. 

ScHOL.  And  now  shall  my  head  be  lifted  up  above 
mine  enemies  round  about  me  :  therefore  will  I  offer  in 
his  tabernacle  sacrifices  of  joy  ;  I  will  sing,  yea,  I  will 
sing  praises  unto  the  Lord.     Ps.  xxvii.  6. 

Teach.  Keep  thy  foot  when  thou  goest  to  the  house 
of  God,  and  be  more  ready  to  hear,  than  to  give  the  sac- 
rifice of  fools,  for  they  consider  not  that  they  do  evil. 
Eccl.  V.  1. 

ScHOL.  He  that  worketh  deceit  shall  not  dwell  within 
my  house  :  he  that  telleth  lies  shall  not  tarry  in  my  sight. 
Ps.  ci.  7. 

Teach.  Surely  the  Lord  is  in  this  place  and  I  knew  it 
not.     Gen.  xxviii.  16. 

ScHOL.  When  I  remember  these  things,  I  pour  out 
my  soul  in  me  :  for  I  had  gone  with  the  multitude,  I 
went  with  them  to  the  house  of  God,  with  the  voice  of 
joy  and  praise,  with  a  multitude  that  kept  holy-day.  Ps. 
xlii.  4. 

Teach.  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  all  ye  of  Judah, 
that  enter  in  at  these  gates  to  worship  the  Lord.  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  of  Hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  amend  your 
ways  and  your  doings,  and  I  will  cause  you  to  dwell  in 
this  place.     Jer.  vii.  2,  3. 

ScHOL.  Blessed  is  the  man  whom  thou  choosest,  and 
causest  to  approach  unto  thee,  that  he  may  dwell  in  thy 
courts  :  we  shall  be  satisfied  with  the  goodness  of  thy 
house,  even  of  thy  holy  temple.     Ps.  Ixii.  4. 

Teach.  He  that  dwelleth  in  the  secret  place  of  the 
Most  High,  shall  abide  under  the  shadow  of  the  Al- 
mighty.    Ps.  xci.  1. 

ScHOL.     To  thee,  0  my  strength  will  I  sing.  Ps.  lix.  17. 


FIFTH    SUNDAY    IN   THE    MONTH.  195 

God  the  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost,  one  Jehovah, 
thou  art  great  and  greatly  to  be  praised,  and  to  be  had  in 
reverence  of  all  thy  intelligent  creatures.  Honor  and  ma- 
jesty are  before  thee  ;  strength  and  beauty  are  in  thy  sanc- 
tuary. How  amiable  are  thy  tabernacles,  0  Lord  of  hosts  : 
May  we  never  forget  the  assembling  of  ourselves  together, 
but  may  we  enter  thy  gates  with  thanksgiving,  and  thy 
courts  with  praise  ;  for  a  day  in  thy  courts  is  better  than 
%  thousand.  As  the  hart  panteth  for  the  water-brooks,  so 
may  our  hearts  pant  for  thee,  0  God. 

We  thank  thee,  God  of  benevolence  and  mercy,  for  the 
Sabbath,  the  sanctuary,  and  the  public  ordinances  of  thy 
house;  for  thy  blessed  word,  and  for  the  Holy  Spirit  to 
illustrate  and  enforce  its  truths.  May  we  ever  look  upon 
the  sanctuary  as  an  emblem  of  Heaven,  and  the  Sabbath 
as  an  emblem  of  the  rest  that  remaineth  to  the  people  of 
God  ;  and  whenever  we  have  enjoyed  their  privileges,  may 
we  be  ready  to  exult  with  the  Psalmist,  "  I  was  glad  when 
they  said  unto  me.  Let  us  go  into  the  house  of  the  Lord." 

We  return  unto  thee,  0  Lord,  our  grateful  thanks  for 
the  privileges,  mercies  and  comforts  of  the  present  Sab- 
bath, with  which  we  have  been  favored;  for  what  our 
eyes  have  seen,  our  ears  have  heard,  and  our  hands  have 
handled  of  the  word  of  life.  Bless  them  all  to  our  spirit- 
ual advantage ;  and  by  thy  word  which  has  been  pro- 
claimed, by  thy  oi-dinances  which  have  been  dispensed, 
and  by  the  influences  of  the  Holy  Ghost  which  have  been 
vouchsafed,  prepare  our  hearts  for  the  duties  and  difficul- 
ties of  the  coming  week,  and  of  coming  life,  and  for  an 
endless  Sabbath  with  thee  in  heaven.     Amen  ! 

Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy  name : 
thy  kingdom  come :  thy  will  be  done  in  earth  as  it  is  in 
heaven  :  give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread  :  and  forgive  us 
our  trespasses  as  we  forgive  them  that  trespass  against 
^s:  lead  us  not  into  temptation;  &c. 


THE  CHRISTIAN  WARFARE. 


j^iftl)  l^ontJa^   fix   tf)e  i^onti).     i^^ovninn. 


HYMN     111.         L.  M. 
Warejield. 
BEHOLD  the  Christian  warrior  stand 

111  all  tlie  armor  of  his  God ; 
The  Spirit's  sword  is  in  his  hand, 
His  feet  are  with  the  gospel  shod ; 

In  panoply  of  truth  complete, 
Salvation's  helmet  on  his  head ; 

With  righteousness  a  breast-plate  meet, 
And  faith's  broad  shield  before  him  spread  ; 

Undaunted  to  the  field  he  goes ; 

Yet  vain  were  skill  and  valor  there, 
Unless,  to  foil  his  legion  foes. 

He  takes  the  trustiest  weapon,  prayer. 

Thus,  strong  in  his  Redeemer's  strength, 
Sin,  death,  and  hell,  he  tramples  down  ; 

Fights  the  good  fight,  and  wins  at  length, 
Through  mercy,  an  immortal  crown. 


HYMN     112.         s.  M. 
Laian. 
MY  soul  be  on  thy  guard  ; 

Ten  thousand  foes  arise  ; 
The  hosts  of  sin  are  pressing  hard, 

To  draw  thee  from  the  skies. 

O  watch,  and  fight,  and  pray; 

The  battle  ne'er  give  o'er  ; 
Renew  it  boldly  every  day, 

And  help  divine  implore. 

Ne'er  think  the  vict'ry  won, 
Nor  lay  thine  armor  down : 

The  work  of  faith  will  not  be  done, 
'Till  thou  obtain  the  crown. 

Then  persevere  till  death 
Shall  bring  thee  to  thy  God  ; 

He'll  take  thee,  at  thy  parting  breath, 
To  his  divine  abode. 


Teacher.  Put  on  the  whole  armor  of  God,  that  ye 
may  be  able  to  stand  against  the  wiles  of  the  devil.  Eph. 
vi.  11. 

Scholars.  Though  we  walk  in  the  flesh,  we  do  not 
war  after  the  flesh  :  for  the  weapons  of  our  warfare  are 
not  carnal,  but  mighty  through  God  to  the  pulling  down 
of  strong  holds.     2  Cor.  x.  4. 

Teach.  For  we  wrestle  not  against  flesh  and  blood, 
oit  against  principalities,  against  powers,  against  the 
rulers  of  the  darkness  of  this  world,  against  spiritual 
wickedness  in  high  places.     Eph.  vi.  12. 

ScHOL.  Wherefore  take  unto  you  the  v.'hole  armor  of 
God,  that  ye  may  be  able  to  withstand  in  the  evil  day, 
and  having  done  all,  to  stand.     Eph.  vi.  13. 

Teach.  Stand  therefore,  having  your  loins  girt  about 
with  truth,  and  having  on  the  breast-plate  of  righteousness  ; 
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FIFTH    MONDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  197 

and  your  feet  sliod  with  the  preparation  of  the  gospel  of 
peace.     Eph.  vi.  14,  15. 

ScHOL.  Above  all,  taking  the  shield  of  faith,  where- 
with ye  shall  be  able  to  quench  all  the  fiery  darts  of  the 
wicked.     Eph.  vi.  16. 

Teach.  And  take  the  helmet  of  salvation,  and  the 
sword  of  the  Spint,  which  is  the  word  of  God  :  praying 
always  with  all  prayer  and  supplication  in  the  Spirit, 
and  watching  thereunto  witli  all  perseverance  and  suppli- 
cation for  all  saints.     Eph.  vi.  17,  18. 

ScHOL.  And  every  man  that  striveth  for  the  mastery 
is  temperate  in  all  things.  Now  they  do  it  to  obtain  a 
corruptible  crown  ;  but  we  an  incorruptible.  I  therefore 
so  run,  not  as  uncertainly  ;  so  fight  I,  not  as  one  that 
beateth  the  air.     1  Cor.  ix.  25,  26. 

Teach.  Thou  therefore  endure  hardness,  as  a  good 
soldier  of  Jesus  Christ.  No  man  that  warreih  entangleth 
himself  with  the  affairs  of  this  life  ;  that  he  may  please 
him  who  hath  chosen  him  to  be  a  soldier.  2  Tim.  ii.  3,  4. 
ScHOL.  And  if  a  man  also  strive  for  masteries,  yet  is 
he  not  crowned,  except  he  strive  lawfully.  2.  Tim.  ii.  5. 
Teach.  Watch  ye,  stand  fast  in  the  faith,  quit  you 
like  men,  be  strong.     1  Cor.  xvi.  13. 

ScHOL.  With  him  is  an  arm  of  flesh  :  but  with  us  is 
the  Lord  our  God  to  help  us,  and  to  fight  our  battles. 
2  Chron.  xxxii.  8. 

Teach.  But  thou,  0  man  of  God,  flee  these  things  ; 
and  follow  after  righteousness,  godhness,  faith,  love,  pa- 
tience, meekness.     1  Tim.  vi.  11. 

ScHOL.  Fight  the  good  fight  of  faith,  lay  hold  on  eter- 
nal life,  whereunto  thou  art  also  called,  and  hast  professed 
a  good  profession  before  many  witnesses.  1  Tim.  vi.  12. 
Teach.  I  have  fought  a  good  fight,  I  have  finished 
my  course,  I  have  kept  the  faith  :  henceforth  there  is  laid 
up  for  me  a  crown  of  righteousness.     2  Tim.  iv.  7,  8. 

ScHOL.     Thanks  be  to  God,  which  giveth  us  the  vic- 
tory, through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.     1  Cor.  xv.  57. 
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198  MANUAL    OF    DEVOTION. 

We  adore  thee,  0  Lord,  as  the  God  of  hosts  ;  we  rever- 
ence thee,  blessed  Jesus,  as  the  Captain  of  our  salvation. 
Thou  ai't  able  to  destroy  all  our  enemies,  and  willing  to 
give  us  grace  to  conquer  all  our  spiritual  foes.  We  would 
not  go  forth  in  our  ov/n  strength  ;  our  help  is  in  the  name 
of  the  Lord,  who  made  heaven  and  earth.  Teach  us  ever 
to  be  strong  in  the  Lord,  and  in  the  power  of  his  m.ight. 
May  our  hearts  be  assured  by  the  promise,  "  Fear  not, 
for  I  am  with  thee ;  be  not  dismayed,  for  I  am  thy  God  ; 
I  will  strengthen  thee;  yea,  I  will  help  thee;  yea,  I  will 
uphold  thee  with  the  right  hand  of  my  righteousness." 

In  an  enemy's  land,  surrounded  with  danger,  may  we 
put  on  the  whole  armor  of  God  ;  and  stand,  having  our 
loins  girt  with  truth  ;  having  on  the  breast-p!ate  of  right- 
eousness, and  our  feet  shod  with  the  preparation  of  the 
gospel  of  peace;  above  all,  taking  the  shield  of  faith,  where- 
with we  shall  be  able  to  quench  all  the  fiery  darts  of  the 
wicked — taking  the  helmet  of  salvation,  and  the  sword  of 
the  spirit,  which  is  the  word  of  God  ;  praying  always, 
with  all  prayer  and  supplication  in  the  Spirit,  and  watch- 
ing thereunto  with  all  perseverance. 

Teach  our  hands,  0  Lord,  to  war,  and  our  fingers  to 
fight ;  and  though  we  wrestle  not  against  flesh  and  blood, 
but  against  pri)icipalities  and  powers,  against  the  rulers  of 
darkness  of  this  world,  and  against  spiritual  wickedness 
in  high  places,  may  we  never  be  discouraged  ;  but  in  the 
prospect  of  combat,  and  in  the  heat  of  action,  make  our 
hearts  strong,  and  bring  us  oflf  more  than  conquerors, 
through  him  that  hath  loved  us,  and  given  himself  for  us. 

Fit  us  for  the  duties  and  conflicts  of  the  day  on  which 
we  have  entered,  and  of  coming  life,  and  when  our  warfare 
is  ended,  may  we  triumph  with  the  Apostle  ;  I  have  fought 
a  good  fight,  I  have  finished  my  course,  I  have  kept  the 
faith:  henceforth  there  is  laid  up  for  me  a  crown  of  right- 
eousness. Thanks  be  unto  God  which  giveth  us  the  vic- 
tory through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ!     Our  Father,  &c. 


EAELY  PIETY. 


jFfftf)  i^ontiay   m  tljc  j^ontT).     Htening. 


HYMN    113.        L.  M. 

Alfreton, 

NOW  in  the  heat  of  youthful  blood, 
Remember  your  Creator,  God  ; 
Behold  the  months  come  hast'ning  on, 
When  you  shall  say— My  joys  are  gone. 

Behold,  the  aged  sinner  goes. 
Laden  with  guilt  and  heavy  woes, 
Down  to  tlie  regions  of  the  dead, 
With  endless  curses  on  his  head. 

The  dust  returns  to  dust  again  ; 
The  soul,  in  agonies  of  pain, 
Ascends  lo  God ;  not  there  to  dwell, — 
But  hears  her  doom,  and  sinks  lo  hell. 

Eternal  King,  I  fear  thy  name ! 
Teach  me  to  know  how  frail  I  am  ; 
And  when  my  soul  must  hence  remove, 
Give  me  a  mansion  in  thy  love. 


HYMN    114.        s.  M. 

Desire. 
SHALL  Wisdom  cry  aloud. 
And  not  her  speecli  be  heard  ? 
The  vo'ce  of  God's  eternal  Word, 
Deserves  it  no  regard  ? 

'  1  was  his  chief  delight, 
'  His  everlasting  Son, 
'  Before  the  first  of  all  his  works,— 
'  Creation,— was  begun. 

'  My  busy  thoughts  at  first, 
'  On  their  salvation  ran 
Ere  sin  was  born,  or  Adam's  dust 
'  Was  I'ashiun'd  to  a  man. 

'  Then  come,  receive  my  grace, 
'Ye  children,  and  be  wise; 

'  Happy  the  man  who  keeps  my  ways  ; 
'The  man,  who  sh.ins  thern,  dies. 


Teachep..  Remember  now  thy  Creator  in  the  days  of 
thy  youth,  while  the  evil  days  come  not,  nor  the  years 
draw  nigh,  when  thou  shalt  say,  I  have  no  pleasure  in 
them.      Eccl.  xii.  1. 

Scholars.  While  the  sun,  or  the  light,  or  the  moon, 
or  the  stars,  be  not  dai-kened,  nor  the  clouds  return  after 
the  rain.     Eccl.  xii.  2. 

Teach.  In  the  day  when  the  keepers  of  the  house 
shall  tremble,  and  the  strong  men  shall  bow  themselves; 
and  the  gi-inders  cease  because  they  are  few,  and  those 
that  look  out  of  the  windows  be  darkened.     Eccl.  xii.  3. 

ScHOL.  And  the  doors  shall  be  shut  in  the  streets, 
when  the  sound  of  the  grinding  is  low,  and  he  shall  rise 
up  at  the  voice  of  the  bird,  and  all  the  daughters  of  music 
shall  be  brought  low.     Eccl.  xii.  4. 

Teach.  Also  when  they  shall  be  afraid  of  that  which 
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200  MANUAL    OF    DEVOTION. 

is  high,  and  fears  shall  be  in  the  way,  and  the  almond- 
tree  shall  flourish,  and  the  grasshopper  shall  be  a  burden, 
and  desire  shall  fail :  because  mangoeth  to  his  long  home, 
and  the  mourners  go  about  the  streets.     Eccl.  xii.  5. 

ScHOL.  Or  ever  the  silver  cord  be  loosed,  or  the  gol- 
den bowl  be  broken,  or  the  pitcher  be  broken  at  the 
fountain,  or  the  wheel  broken  at  the  cistern.  Then  shall 
the  dust  return  to  the  earth  as  it  was  :  and  the  spirit 
shall  return  unto  God  who  gave  it.     Eccl.  xii.  6,  7. 

Teach.  Doth  not  wisdom  cry?  and  understanding 
put  forth  her  voice?     Pro  v.  viii.  1. 

ScHOL.  She  standeth  in  the  top  of  high  places,  by  the 
way  in  the  places  of  the  paths.     Prov.  viii.  2. 

Teach.  She  crieth  at  the  gates,  at  the  entry  of  the 
city,  at  the  coming  in  at  the  doors.  I  love  them  that  love 
me  ;  and  those  that  seek  me  early  shall  find  me.  Prov. 
viii.  3,  17. 

ScHOL.  Jesus  said  unto  them,  Suffer  the  little  children 
to  come  unto  me,  and  forbid  them  not :  for  of  such  is  the 
kingdom  of  God.  Verily  I  say  unto  you,  "Whosoever 
shall  not  receive  the  kingdom  of  God  as  a  httle  child, 
he  shall  not  enter  therein.     Mark  x.  14,  15. 

Teach.  And  he  took  them  up  in  his  arms,  put  his 
hands  upon  them,  and  blessed  them.     Mark  x.  16. 

ScHOL.  Little  children,  let  us  not  love  in  word,  neither 
in  tongue,  but  in  deed  and  in  truth.     1  John  iii.  18. 

Teach.  That  ye  may  be  children  of  your  Father 
which  is  in  heaven.     Matt.  v.  45. 

ScHOL.  And  if  children,  then  heirs  :  heirs  of  God, 
and  joint-heirs  of  Jesus  Christ.     Rom.  viii.  17. 

Teach.  Hearken  unto  me  now  therefore,  0  ye  chil- 
dren, and  attend  unto  the  words  of  my  mouth.  Prov. 
vii.  24. 

Schol.  0  God,  thou  art  my  God,  early  will  I  seek 
thee :  my  soul  thirsteth  for  thee,  my  flesh  longeth  for 
thee.     Ps.  Ixiii.  1. 


FIFTH    MONDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  201 

We  bless  and  give  thanks  unto  thee,  our  God  and  Fa- 
ther in  Christ,  for  thy  manifold  mercies,  and  favors,  and 
for  the  means  of  grace  which  we  enjoy.  Thou  art  our 
Creator  and  Preserver.  From  the  earliest  infancy,  we 
have  been  cast  upon  thy  care,  and  thou  hast  cared  for  us. 
Thy  mighty  arm  has  been  our  defence;  thy  paternal  hand 
has  led  us  all  our  lives  long.  Surely  goodness  and  mercy 
have  followed  us,  all  the  days  of  our  lives.  May  a  grate- 
ful sense  of  thy  goodness  ever  possess  our  hearts. 

God  of  all  grace!  we  bless  thee  that  thou  dost  invite 
little  children  to  come  unto  thee;  that  thou  hast  promised, 
that  they  that  seek  thee  early,  shall  find  thee;  and  out  of 
the  mouths  of  babes  and  sucklings  hast  ordained  praise. 
Look  in  mercy  upon  the  young  before  thee;  suffer  thera 
not  to  put  off  the  claims  of  religion;  but  may  they  re- 
member their  Creator  in  the  days  of  their  youth;  while 
the  evil  days  come  not,  nor  the  years  draw  nigh,  when 
they  shall  say,  I  have  no  pleasure  in  them. 

Like  young  Solomon,  may  they  come  to  thee  for  wis- 
dom; "  Lord,  give  me  an  understanding  heart,  and  in  the 
hidden  part  make  me  to  know  wisdom."  Like  little 
Samuel,  may  they  hearken  to  the  call  of  God;  "  Speak, 
Lord,  for  thy  servant  heareth."  Like  Timothy,  may 
they  know  the  Scriptures,  which  are  able  to  make  them 
wise  unto  salvation,  from  their  infancy.  Like  the  youth- 
ful Josiah,  may  they  do  that  w^hich  is  right  in  the  sight 
of  the  Lord;  and  keep  his  laws  and  ordinances.  Like 
the  child  Jesus,  may  they  be  holy,  harmless,  and  unde- 
filed,  and  separate  from  sinners,  and  grow  in  favor  with 
God  and  man,  and  be  the  heirs  of  eternal  salvation. 

0  thou  Preserver  of  men,  who  hast  watched  over  us, 
during  the  day;  keep  us,  we  pray  thee,  through  this  night. 
Refresh  our  bodies,  and  renew  our  strength  by  sleep;  and 
at  last,  bring  us  to  thy  heavenly  kingdom.  Amen!  Oui 
Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy  name,  &c. 


EAELY  PIETY. 


iFiftI)  EucsTiaD  in  tljc  i^ilontt.    ifHornlnfl. 


HYMN    115.        c.  M. 

Litehjield. 
YE  hearts  with  youthful  vigor  warm, 

In  smiling  crowds  draw  near ; 
And  turn  from  ev'ry  mortal  charm, 

A  Saviour's  voice  to  hear. 

He,  Lord  of  all  the  worlds  on  high, 

Stoops  to  converse  with  you  ; 
And  lays  his  radiant  glories  by, 

Your  welfare  to  pursue. 

What  object,  Lord,  my  soul  should  move, 

If  once  compar'd  to  thee  ? 
What  beauty  should  command  my  love, 

Like  what  in  Christ  I  see  ? 

Away,  ye  false,  delusive  toys, 

Vain  tempters  of  the  mind  I 
'Tis  here  I  fix  my  lasting  choice. 

And  here  true  bliss  I  find. 


HYMN    116.        c.  M. 

Pilgrim. 
HAPPY  the  child  whose  tender  years 

Receive  instruction  well ; 
Who  hates  the  sinner's  path,  and  fears 

The  road  that  leads  to  hell. 

'T  will  save  us  from  a  thousand  snares 

To  seek  religion  young ; 
Grace  will  preserve  our  foll'wing  years, 

And  make  our  virtue  strong. 

To  thee,  Almighty  God,  to  thee 

Our  childhood  we  resign  ; 
'T  will  please  us  to  look  back  and  see 

That  our  whole  lives  were  thine. 

Let  the  sweet  work  of  prayer  and  praise 
Employ  our  youngest  breath ; 

Thus  we're  prepared  for  longer  days, 
Or  fit  for  early  death. 


Teacher.  Hear,  ye  children,  the  instruction  of  a  fa- 
ther, and  attend  to  know  understanding.     Prov.  iv.  1. 

Scholars.  For  I  give  you  good  doctrine,  forsake  ye 
not  my  law.     Prov.  iv.  2. 

Teach.  For  I  was  my  father's  son,  tender  and  only 
beloved  in  the  sight  of  my  mother.     Prov.  iv.  3. 

ScHOL.  He  taught  me  also,  and  said  unto  me,  Let 
thine  heart  retain  my  words  :  keep  my  commandments 
and  live.     Prov.  iv.  4. 

Teach.  Get  wisdom,  get  understanding  :  forget  it 
not  ;  neither  decline  from  the  words  of  my  mouth.  Prov. 
iv.  5. 

ScHOL.  Forsake  her  not,  and  she  shall  preserve  thee  : 
love  her,  and  she  shall  keep  thee.     Prov.  iv.  6. 

Teach.  Wisdom  is  the  principal  thing  ;  therefore 
get  wisdom  :  and  with  all  thy  getting  get  understanding. 
Prov.  iv.  7. 

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FIFTH    TUESDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  203 

ScHOL.  Exalt  her,  and  she  shall  promote  thee  :  she 
shall  bring  thee  to  honor,  when  thou  dost  embrace  her. 
Prov.  iv.  8. 

Teach.  She  shall  give  to  thine  head  an  ornament  of 
grace  :  a  crown  of  glory  shall  she  deliver  to  thee.  Prov. 
iv.  9. 

ScHOL.  Hear,  0  my  son,  and  receive  my  sayings  ; 
and  the  years  of  thy  life  shall  be  many.     Prov.  iv,  10. 

Teach.  I  have  taught  thee  in  the  way  of  wisdom  ;  I 
have  led  thee  in  right  paths.       Prov.  iv.  11. 

ScHOL.  When  thou  goest,  thy  steps  shall  not  be 
straitened  ;  and  when  thou  runnest,  thou  shalt  not  stumble. 
Prov.  iv.   12. 

Teach.  Take  fast  hold  of  instruction  ;  let  her  not  go: 
keep  her  ;  for  she  is  thy  life.     Prov.  iv.  13. 

Schol.  Enter  not  into  the  path  of  the  wicked,  and  go 
not  in  the  way  of  evil  men.  Avoid  it,  pass  not  by  it, 
turn  from  it,  and  pass  away.     Prov.  iv.  14,  15. 

Teach.  The  way  of  the  wicked  is  as  darkness ;  they 
know  not  at  what  they  stumble.     Prov.  iv.  19. 

Schol.  But  the  path  of  the  just  is  as  the  shining  light, 
that  shineth  more  and  more  unto  the  perfect  day.  Pi'ov. 
iv.  18. 

Teach.  My  son,  attend  to  my  words  ;  incline  thine 
ear  unto  my  sayings.  Let  them  not  depart  from  thine  eyes  ; 
keep  them  in  the  midst  of  thine  heart.     Prov.  20,  21. 

Schol.  For  they  are  life  unto  those  that  find  them, 
and  health  to  all  their  flesh.     Prov.  iv.  22. 

Teach.  Keep  thy  heart  with  all  diligence  ;  for  out  of 
it  are  the  issues  of  life.     Prov.  iv.  23. 

Schol.  Ponder  the  path  of  thy  feet,  and  let  all  thy 
ways  be  established.     Prov.  iv.  26. 

Teach.  Turn  not  to  the  right  hand  nor  to  the  left ; 
remove  thy  foot  from  evil.     Prov.  iv.  27. 

Schol.  Then  shalt  thou  walk  in  thy  way  safely,  and 
thy  foot  shall  not  stumble  ;  thou  shalt  lie  down,  and  thy 
sleep  shall  be  sweet.    Prov.  iii.  23,  24. 


204  MANUAL    OP    DEVOTION. 

God  of  benevolence  and  mercy,  we  thank  thee  for  the 
light  of  this  morning,  and  the  blessings  with  which  it  is 
accompanied.  May  these  daily  mercies  be  acknowledged 
by  daily  thanksgivings,  and  the  discharge  of  daily  duties. 
As  we  know  that  we  have  no  strength  of  our  own,  grant 
us  thy  divine  aid,  0  God,  that  we  may  run  and  not  be 
weary,  and  walk  and  not  be  faint,  in  the  path  of  duty. 

Bless  us,  Lord,  we  beseech  thee,  who  are  now  in  thy 
presence,  and  all  the  families  with  which  we  are  connect- 
ed, and  grant  that  the  dwelling  of  each  may  become  the 
home  of  piety  and  peace.  Give  parents  grace  and  wisdom 
to  go  in  and  out  before  their  children,  and  to  train  them 
up  in  the  way  they  should  go;  that  when  they  are  old, 
they  may  not  depart  from  it.  May  they  teach  thy  words 
diligently  to  them  ;  and  talk  of  thy  statutes  when  they  sit 
down  in  their  houses,  and  when  they  walk  by  the  way; 
when  they  lie  down,  and  when  they  rise  up. 

Give  to  the  young  that  wisdom  which  is  from  above, 
which  is  first  pure,  then  peaceable,  gentle,  and  easy  to  be 
entreated,  full  of  mercy  and  good  fruits,  without  partiality, 
and  without  hypocrisy.  Fill  the  hearts  of  the  rising  race, 
every  where,  with  the  amiable  graces  of  the  Spirit,  and 
may  they  find  it  good  to  bear  the  yoke  in  their  youth. 
May  children  honor  their  father  and  their  mother,  that 
their  days  maybe  long  upon  the  earth;  and  may  they 
hear  the  instruction  of  their  father ;  and  forsake  not  the 
law  of  their  mother.  May  brothers  and  sisters  observe 
the  obligations  of  kindness  and  mutual  forbearance ;  and 
may  all  the  ties  of  the  domestic  relation  be  purified  and 
cemented  by  the  friendship  of  him  that  sticketh  closer  than 
a  brother ;  until  the  domestic  circle  shall  embrace  all  that 
is  pure  and  amiable,  and  lovely;  and  prove,  not  only  the 
cradle  of  the  household  of  faith  upon  earth,  but  the  nur- 
sery of  the  brotherhood  of  glory  in  heaven.  Hear  and 
answer,  for  the  Redeemer's  sake.     Amen!    Our,  &c. 


NEGLECT   OF   WISDOM    PUNISHED 


j^fftf)  Cucs^an  In  tljc  i^ontij.     Hbcninfl. 


HYMN    117.         p. 
Spring. 
HASTEN,  sinner,  to  be  wise! 

Stay  not  for  the  morrow's  sun  : 
Wisdom,  if  you  still  despise, 
Harder  is  it  to  be  won. 

Hasten,  mercy  to  implore ! 

Slay  not  for  tfie  morrow's  sun, 
lies*,  thy  season  should  be  o'er 

Ere  this  evening's  stage  be  ran. 

Hasten,  sinner,  to  return! 

Stay"  not  for  the  morrow's  sun, 
Lest  thy  lamp  should  fail  to  burn 

Ere  salvation's  work  be  done. 

Hasten,  sinner,  to  be  blest ! 

Stay  not  for  the  morrow's  sun, 
Lest  perdition  (hee  arrest 

Ere  the  morrow  is  begun. 


HYMN    118.         s.  M. 
Dozer. 
MY  son,  know  thou  the  Lord ; 

Thy  father's  God  obey  ; 
Seek  his  protecting  care  by  nigW, 

His  guardian  hand  by  day. 

Call,  while  he  may  be  found ; 
Seek  him  while  he  is  near ; 
Sene  him  with  all  thy  heart  and  mmd, 
And  worship  hSm  wiih  fear. 

If  thou  wilt  seek  his  face, 

His  ear  will  hear  thy  cry ; 
Then  shalt  thou  find  his  mercy  surej 

His  grace  forever  nigh. 

Bnt  if  thou  leave  thy  God. 

Nor  choose  the  path  to  hea'veu  j 
Then  slialt  thou  perith  in  thy  sins, 

And  never  be  forgiven. 


Teacher.  Wisdom  crietli  without  ;  she  uttereth  her 
voice  in  the  streets.     Pro  v.  i.  20. 

Scholars.  She  crieth  in  the  chief  place  of  concourse, 
in  the  openings  of  the  gates  :  in  the  city  she  uttereth  her 
words.     Prov.  i.  21. 

Teach.  Saying,  How  long,  ye  simple  ones,  will  ye 
love  simplicity .'  and  the  scorners  delight  in  their  scorn- 
ing, and  fools  hate  knowledge.'     Prov.  i.  22. 

ScHOL.  Tui-n  you  at  my  reproof:  behold  I  will  pour 
out  my  spirit  unto  you,  I  will  make  known  my  words 
unto  you.     Prov.  i.  23. 

Teach.  Because  I  have  called  and  ye  refused  ;  I  have 
stretched  out  my  hand,  and  no  man  regarded.  Prov.  i.  24. 

Schol.  But  ye  have  set  at  nought  all  my  counsel, 
and  would  none  of  my  reproof.     Prov.  i.  25. 

Teach.     1  also  will  laugh  at   your  calamity  :  I  will 
mock  when  your  fear  cometh.     Prov.  i.  2R. 
18  905 


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MANUAL    OF    DEVOTION. 


ScHOL.  When  your  fear  cometh  as  desolation,  and 
your  destruction  cometh  as  a  whirlwind  ;  when  distress 
and  anguish  cometh  upon  you.     Prov.  i.  27. 

Teach.  Then  shall  they  call  upon  me,  but  I  will  not 
answer  ;  they  shall  seek  me  early,  but  they  shall  not  find 
me.     Prov.  i.  28. 

ScHOL.  For  that  they  hated  knowledge,  and  did  not 
choose  the  fear  of  the  Lord.     Prov.  i.  29. 

Teach.  They  would  none  of  my  counsel  :  they  des- 
pised all  my  reproof.     Prov.  i.  30. 

ScHOL.  Therefore  shall  they  eat  of  the  fruit  of  their 
own  way,  and  be  filled  with  their  own  devices.  Prov.  i.  31. 

Teach.  For  the  turning  away  of  the  simple  shall  slay 
them,  and  the  prosperity  of  fools  shall  destroy  them. 
Prov.  i.  32. 

ScHOL.  But  whoso  hearkeneth  unto  me  shall  dwell 
safely,  and  shall  be  quiet  from  fear  of  evil.     Prov.  i.  33. 

Teach.  Blessed  is  the  man  that  heareth  me,  watch- 
ing daily  at  my  gates,  waiting  at  the  posts  of  my  doors. 
Prov.  viii.  34. 

ScHOL.  For  whoso  findeth  me  findeth  life,  and  shall 
obtain  favor  of  the  Lord.     Prov.  viii.  35. 

Teach.  But  he  that  sinneth  against  me  wrongeth  his 
own  soul  :  all  they  that  hate  me  love  death.  Prov.  viii  36. 

Schol.  Wo  unto  the  v/icked  !  it  shall  be  ill  with  him  : 
for  the  reward  of  his  hands  shall  be  given  him.  Isa.  iii.  11. 

Teach.  The  fear  of  the  Lord  prolongeth  days:  but 
the  years  of  the  wicked  shall  be  shortened.     Prov.  x.  27. 

Schol.  The  hope  of  the  righteous  shall  be  gladness  : 
but  the  expectation  of  the  wicked  shall  perish.  Prov.  x.  28. 

Teach.  The  way  of  the  Lord  is  strength  to  the  up- 
right :  but  destruction  shall  be  to  the  workers  of  iniquity. 
Prov.  X.  29. 

Schol.  The  righteous  shall  never  be  removed  :  but 
the  wicked  shall  not  inhabit  the  earth.     Prov.  x.  30. 

Teach.     The  mouth  of  the  just  bringeth  forth  wisdom 
but  the  fro  ward  tongue  shall  be  cut  out.     Prov,  x.  31. 


FIFTH    TUESDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  207 

0  Lord!  how  manifold  are  thy  works,  in  wisdom  hast 
thou  made  them  all!  Yet  we  bless  thee  that  the  richest 
displays  of  thy  wisdom  and  grace  are  in  the  redemption 
of  the  world  by  Jesus  Christ,  who  is  both  the  power  of 
God,  and  the  wisdom  of  God.  Open  our  eyes,  we  beseech 
thee,  to  behold  in  all  its  magnitude  the  plan  of  salvation, 
and  our  hearts  to  feel  the  incalculable  value  of  the  spiritual 
doctrines  presented  to  us  in  the  Scriptures,  and  of  those 
spiritual  blessings  which  are  offered  to  us  in  the  gospel. 

Forbid,  our  Father  and  God,  that  we  should  despise  the 
calls  of  wisdom,  and  the  invitations  of  mercy;  but  may  we 
turn  at  thy  reproof,  embrace  the  offer  of  pardon,  and  ac- 
cept the  righteousness  of  Christ  as  the  foundation  of  our 
hope,  and  his  blessed  will  as  the  rule  of  our  lives.  May 
we  acknowledge  his  divine  character,  and  receive  him  in 
all  his  offices.  May  Ave  rejoice  in  his  wisdom  as  our 
Pi'ophet ;  rely  upon  his  merit  and  intercession  as  our 
Priest ;  and  reverence  his  authority  and  laws  as  our  King. 

Forbid,  merciful  God,  that  the  young  should  resist  thy 
persuasive  entreaties,  and  the  precious  promises  to  those 
who  seek  thee  early.  May  they  not  defer  repentance  and 
faith,  till  their  hearts  are  hardened,  and  their  conscience 
seared  ;  may  they  not  refuse  instruction  and  despise  re- 
proof, and  at  last  eat  of  the  fruit  of  their  own  ways,  and 
be  filled  with  their  own  devices;  when,  in  thy  wrath, 
thou  shalt  say:  "  They  are  joined  to  their  idols;  let  them 
alone.  Because  I  called  and  they  refused  ;  I  stretched 
out  my  hand,  and  no  man  regarded  ;  because  they  set  at 
nought  my  counsel,  and  would  none  of  my  reproof;  I 
will  also  laugh  at  their  calamity,  and  mock,  when  their 
fear  cometh." 

But  may  they  listen  to  the  calls  of  wisdom  ;  for  length 
of  days  is  in  her  right  hand  ;  and  in  her  left  hand  riches 
and  honor.  Her  ways  are  ways  of  pleasantness,  and  all 
her  paths  are  peace.     Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  &c. 


UNBELIEF, 


J;iftl)  «!BetrncstJai>  m  tlje  i^ontlj.    ittornms- 


HYMN    119.        c.  M 

Hammond. 
HOW  sad  our  slate  by  nature  is ; 

Our  sin,  how  deep  it  siaias; 
And  Satan  binds  our  captive  souls 

Fast  in  his  slavish  chscins. 

But  there's  a  voice  of  sov'reien  grace 
Sounds  from  the  sacred  word  : 

Ho  !  ye  despairing  sinners  conie, 
And  trust  a  faithful  Lord. 

My  soul  obeys  the  gracious  call, 

And  runs  to  its  relief; 
I  would  believe  thy  pronriise  Lord ; 

O  help  my  unbelief! 

To  the  blest  fountain  of  thy  blood. 

Incarnate  God  I  fly ; 
Here  let  rae  wash  my  guilty  soul 

from  crimes  of  deepest  dye. 


HYMN    120.        L.  M. 

Dudley. 
LIFE  and  immortal  joys  are  given 
To  souls  that  mourn  the  sins  tliey've  done*. 
Children  of  wTath,  made  heirs  of  heaven, 
By  faith  in  God's  eternal  Son. 

Wo  to  the  wretch  who  never  felt 
The  inward  pangs  of  pious  grief; 
But  adds  to  ail  his  crying  guilt 
The  stubborn  sin  of  unbelief. 

The  law  condemns  ihe  rebel  dead; 
Under  tlie  wrath  of  God  he  lies : 
He  seals  the  curse  on  his  own  head, 
And  with  a  double  vengeance  dies. 

Tlien  turn  to  God ;  with  tears  and  shame 
In  penitence  your  sins  confess; 
Believing  on  the  Saviour's  name 
WiUi  willing  heart  of  righteousness. 


Teacher.  The  Lord  said,  How  long  will  this  people 
provoke  me }  and  how  long  will  it  be  ere  they  believe  me, 
for  all  the  signs  which  I  have  showed  among  them? 
Num.  xiv.   11. 

Scholars.  The  Lord  spake  unto  Moses  and  Aaron , 
because  ye  believed  me  not,  to  sanctify  me  in  the  eyes  of 
the  children  of  Israel,  therefore  ye  shall  not  brin*  this 
congregation  into  the  land  which  I  have  given  them. 
Num.  XX.  12. 

Teach.  The  children  of  Israel  did  secretly  those 
things  that  were  not  right,  against  the  Lord  their  God  ; 
they  would  not  hear,  but  hardened  their  necks,  like  the 
neck  of  their  fathers,  that  did  not  believe  in  the  Lord 
their  God.     2  Kings  xvii.  9,  14. 

ScHOL.  Therefore  the  Lord  was  very  angry  with  Is- 
rael ;  and  the  Lord  rejected  all  the  seed  of  Israel,  and  af- 
208 


nrXH   WEDNESDAY    IJT    THE    MOyTH.  209 

flicted  them,  and  delivered  them  into  the  hand  of  spoilers, 
until  he  had  cast  them  out  of  his  sight.  2  Kings  xvii. 
18,  20. 

Teach.  We  which  have  believed  do  enter  into  rest ; 
and  they  to  whom  it  was  first  preached  entered  not  in 
because  of  unbelief.     Heb.  iv.  3,  6. 

ScHOL.  Let  us  labor  therefore,  to  enter  into  that  rest, 
lest  any  man  fall  after  the  same  example  of  unbelief 
Heb.  iv.  11. 

Teach.  Take  heed,  brethren,  lest  there  be  in  any  of 
you  an  evil  heart  of  unbelief,  in  departing  from  the  living 
God.     Heb.  iii.  12. 

ScHOL.  We  are  not  of  them  who  draw  back  unto 
perdition,  but  of  them  that  believe  to  the  saving  of  the 
soul.     Heb.  X.  39. 

Teach.  The  God  of  this  world  hath  blinded  the 
minds  of  them  which  believe  not.     2  Cor.  iv.  4. 

ScHOL.  They  received  not  the  love  of  truth,  that 
they  might  be  saved.     2  Thess.  ii.  10. 

Teach.  For  this  cause,  God  shall  send  them  strong 
delusion,  that  they  should  believe  a  lie.     2  Thess.  ii.  11, 

ScHOL.  That  they  all  might  be  damned,  who  believed 
not  the  truth  ;  but  had  pleasure  in  unrighteousness.  2 
Thess.  ii.  12. 

Teach.  Unto  them  that  are  defiled  and  unbelieving, 
is  nothing  pure  :  but  even  their  mind  and  conscience  is 
defiled.     Titus  i.  15. 

Schol.  For  this  people's  heart  is  waxed  gross,  and 
their  ears  are  dull  of  hearing,  and  their  eyes  they  have 
closed  ;  lest  at  any  time  they  should  see  with  their  eyes, 
and  hear  with  tbeir  ears,  and  should  understand  with 
their  heart,  and  should  be  converted,  and  I  should  heal 
them.  Matt.  xiii.  15. 

Teach.  He  that  believeth  not,  is  condemned  already  ; 
because  he  hath  not  beheved  in  the  name  of  the  only- 
begotten  Son  of  God.     John  iii.  18. 

Schol.  He  that  believeth  not,  shall  be  damned.  Mark 
xvi.  16.  13* 


210  MANUAL    OF    DEVOTION. 

Holy  Spirit  of  Grace !  under  a  consciousness  of  our 
unworthiness,  and  in  humble  dependence  upon  thy  prom- 
ised aid,  we  desire,  this  morning,  to  encompass  the  mercy- 
seat  of  the  Lord  our  God.  In  our  approaches  to  the 
divine  majesty,  give  us,  we  pray  thee,  faith  in  God,  that 
we  may  believe,  not  only  that  he  is,  but  that  he  is  the 
rewarder  of  them  that  diligently  seek  him.  Give  us  faith 
to  receive  the  testimony  which  he  has  given  of  his  Son, 
that  we  may  believe  in  the  Son,  even  as  we  believe  in  the 
Father.  Give  us  faith  to  believe  in  the  Holy  Ghost  pro- 
ceeding from  the  Father  and  the  Son  ;  that  we  may  confide 
in  him  as  the  Lord  and  Giver  of  life,  the  Counsellor  and 
Comforter  of  our  souls,  and  the  Guardian  and  Guide  of 
our  lives,  who  shall  lead  us  into  all  truth.  Give  us  faith 
in  thy  word  revealed  in  the  Scriptures.  May  we  see  the 
divine  perfections  shining  through  every  page  ;  and  recog- 
nizing them  as  the  lively  oracles  of  God,  may  we  make 
them  the  man  of  our  counsel  and  the  rule  of  our  lives. 

Have  mercy  upon  unbelievers.  Fill  their  minds  with 
just  apprehensions  about  their  future  state.  Convince 
them,  that  they  who  believe  not  on  the  Son  of  God,  are 
condemned  already;  and  that  the  wrath  of  God  abideth 
upon  them.  Oh,  that  they  may  turn  from  their  refuge  of 
lies,  and  from  their  foundation  of  sand,  and  build  upon 
the  rock  Christ  Jesus,  as  the  only  foundation  of  the  faith 
and  hopes  of  his  people. 

Forbid,  that  there  should  be  in  any  of  us  an  evil  heart 
of  unbelief;  but  give  us  a  lively  faith  in  the  love  and 
mercy  of  the  Father,  in  the  righteousness  and  graces  of 
the  Son,  and  the  sanctifying  influences  of  the  Holy  Spirit, 
that  we  may  bring  forth  the  fruits  of  love,  joy,  peace, 
long-suffering,  gentleness,  goodness,  faith,  meekness  and 
temperance.  Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be 
thy  name:  thy  kingdom  come:  thy  will  be  done  in  earth 
as  it  is  in  heaven:  give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread,  &c. 


GOVERNMENT   OF   THE    TONGUE. 


iFiftt)  JJEJetincsUaD  in  tfjc  fKontl). 


lEbeninfl. 


HY3IN    121.        c.  M. 

Albert 
THUS  I  resolv'd  before  the  Lord, 

'  Now  will  I  walch  my  tongue, 
Lest  I  let  slip  one  sinful  word, 

'  Or  do  my  neighbor  wrong.' 

If  I  am  e'er  con'train'd  to  stay 
With  men  of  lives  profane, 

I'll  set  a  double  ffuarJ  that  diy, 
Nor  let  my  talk  be  vain. 

I'll  scarce  allow  my  lips  to  speak 
The  pious  thoughts  I  feel ; 

Lest  scoffers  should  the  occasion  take 
To  mock  my  holy  seal. 

Yet  if  some  proper  hour  appear, 

ril  not  be  over-aw'd ; 
But  let  the  scoffing  sinners  Iiear, 

That  I  can  speak  fur  God. 


HYMN    122.        c.  M. 

Hanover, 
AND  must  I  be  to  judgment  brought, 

And  answer  in  that  day 
For  every  vain  and  idle  thought. 

And  every  word  I  say! 

Yes,  every  secret  of  my  heart, 
Shall  shortly  be  made  known, 

And  I  receive  my  just  desert 
For  all  that  I  have  done. 

How  careful  then  ought  I  to  live; 

With  what  religious  (ear: 
Who  such  a  strict  account  must  give 

For  my  behaviour  hiere. 

Thou  awful  judge  of  quick  and  ctead, 
The  watchful  power  bestow : 

So  shall  I  to  my  ways  take  heed,— 
To  all  I  speak  or  do. 


Teacher.  The  tongue  is  a  little  member  and  boasteth 
great  thing.s.  It  defileth  the  whole  body  and  setteth  on 
fire  the  course  of  nature  ;  and  it  is  set  on  fire  of  hell. 
James  iii.  5,  6. 

Scholars.  It  is  an  unruly  evil,  full  of  deadly  poison. 
Therewith  bless  we  God,  even  the  Father,  and  therewith 
curse  we  men,  which  are  made  in  the  similitude  of  God 
James  iii.  8,  9. 

Teach.  If  any  man  among  you  seem  to  be  religious, 
and  bridleth  not  his  tongue,  but  deceiveth  his  own  heart, 
this  man's  religion  is  vain.     James  i.  26. 

Schol.  Whoso  keepeth  his  mouth  and  his  tongue, 
keepeth  his  soul  from  troubles.     Prov.  xxi.  23. 

Teach.  He  that  keepeth  his  mouth,  keepeth  his  life  ; 
but  he  that  openeth  wide  his  lips,  shall  have  destruction. 
Prov.  xiii.  3. 

21J 


212  MANUAL     OF    DEVOTIOW. 

ScHOL.  In  the  multitude  of  words,  there  wanteth  not 
sin,  but  he  that  refraineth  his  lips  is  wise,     Prov.  x.  19. 

Teach.  Every  idle  word  that  men  shall  speak,  they 
shall  give  account  thereof  in  the  day  of  judgment. 
Matt.  xii.  36. 

ScHOL.  A  tale-bearer  revealeth  secretfc  ;  but  he  that  is 
of  a  faithful  spirit  concealeth  the  matter.     P/ov.  xi.  13. 

Teach.  The  words  of  a  tale-bearer  are  as  wounds; 
and  they  go  down  into  the  innermost  parts  of  the  belly. 
Prov,  xviii.  8.  "^ 

ScHOL.  Where  there  is  no  tale-bearer,  the  strife 
ceaseth  :  but  a  whisperer  separateth  chief  friends.  Prov. 
xxvi.  20,— xvi,  28. 

Teach.  He  that  uttereth  a  slander  is  a  fool.  Prov. 
X.  18. 

ScHOL.  Whoso  privily  slandereth  his  neighbor,  him 
will  I  cut  off.     Ps.  ci.  5. 

Teach.  A  man  that  flattereth  his  neighbor,  spreadeth 
a  net  for  his  feet.     Prov,  xxix,  5. 

ScHOL,  Meddle  not  with  him,  that  flattereth  with  his 
lips,     Prov,  XX,  19, 

Teach.  He  that  speaketh  flattery  to  his  friends,  eveii 
the  eyes  of  his  children  shall  fail.     Job.  xvii.  5. 

ScHOL.  Let  me  not  accept  any  man's  person,  neither 
let  me  give  flattering  titles  unto  man.     Job,  xxxii,  21. 

Teach.  Thou  shall  not  revile  the  gods,  nor  curse  the 
ruler  of  thy  people.     Exod.  xxii,  28, 

ScHOL.  Neither  thieves,  nor  covetous,  nor  drunkards, 
nor  revilers,  nor  extortioners,  shall  inherit  the  kingdom 
of  God.     1  Cor.  vi.  10. 

Teach.     Keep  not  company  with  a  rail er.  ICor.  v.  11. 

ScHOL.  Love  as  brethren  ;  be  pitiful,  be  courteous, 
not  rendering  evil  for  evil,  or  railing  for  railing.  1  Peter 
iii.  9. 

Teach.  Let  no  corrupt  communication  proceed  out  of 
your  mouth,  but  that  which  is  good  to  the  use  of  edifying, 
that  it  may  minister  grace  unto  the  hearers.    Eph.  iv.  29. 


FIFTH    WEDNESDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  213 

At  the  dose  of  another  day,  we  desire  to  draw  nigh  to 
thee,  our  Father  and  God ;  and  as  the  preparation  of  the 
heart  in  man,  as  well  as  the  answer  of  the  tongue,  is  from 
thee  ;  do  thou  inspire  our  hearts  with  the  spirit  of  accept- 
able devotion,  that  in  humility  and  reverence,  in  faith  and 
hope,  we  may  wait  before  thee.  O 'grant  that  we,  who 
have  assembled  around  the  domestic  altar,  this  evening, 
may  in  like  manner,  meet  before  thy  throne  above,  with 
the  general  assembly  and  church  of  the  first-born,  to  adore 
and  praise  thee  throughout  eternity. 

We  thank  thee  for  the  mercies  and  blessings  of  this 
day.  Thou  hast  supplied  our  daily  bread.  0  give  us  the 
bread  of  life,  that  cometh  down  from  heaven,  of  which  if 
a  man  eats,  he  shall  live  forever;  and  give  us  the  living 
water,  of  which  if  a  man  drinks,  he  shall  not  thirst  again. 
We  have  been  clothed  this  day  from  thy  ward-robe.  0 
give  us  the  garments  of  salvation,  which  shall  cover  the 
nakedness  of  our  perishing  souls. 

Teach  the  young  in  thy  presence  thy  fear.  In  the  days 
of  their  youth  may  they  remember  their  Creator.  Deliver 
them  from  angry  and  malicious  passions,  that  they  may 
obtain  the  government  of  their  temper,  and  of  their  tongues; 
that  at  all  times,  in  all  places,  and  in  all  circumstances, 
they  may  discover  the  sanctifying  influence  of  religion 
upon  their  hearts,  their  conversation  and  their  lives.  Pre- 
serve them  from  sins  of  the  tongue.  May  they  remember 
that  for  every  idle  word  that  men  speak,  they  shall  give 
account  thereof  in  the  day  of  judgment ;  for  there  is  not  a 
word  in  our  tongue,  but  lo !  0  Lord,  thou  knowest  it.  Let 
no  corrupt  communication  proceed  out  of  their  mouth, 
but  that  which  is  good  to  the  use  of  edifying,  that  it  may 
minister  grace  unto  the  hearers.  May  they  be  the  disci- 
ples of  him  who  is  meek  and  lowly.  May  they  live  as 
brethren,  and  be  pitiful  and  courteous,  not  rendenng  evil 
for  evil    or  railing  for  railing.     Our  Father,  who  art,  &c. 


DEATH, 


Siit\)  E])uxstitiv  fix  tl)e  |Hont!).     il^ocninjj. 


HYMN     123.        c.  M. 

Perpetuity. 
O  GOD,  our  help  in  ages  past, 

Our  hope  for  years  to  come, 
Our  shelier  from  ihe  sloriny  blast. 

And  our  eternal  home. 

A  thoas:>nd  ages,  in  thy  sight. 

Are  like  an  evening  gone  ; 
Short  as  the  watch  that  ends  the  uight, 

Before  tl^ie  rising  sun. 

Thne,  like  an  ever-rolling  stream, 

Bears  all  its  sons  away  ; 
They  fly,  forgotten,  as  a  dream 

Dies  at  the  opening  day. 

The  busy  tribes  of  ftesh  and  blood, 
With  all  their  cares  and  fears. 

Are  carried  downward  by  the  flood, 
And  lost  in  foU'wing  years. 


HYMN    124.        L.  M. 

Malan. 
WHY  should  we  start, and  fear  to  die? 

What  tim'rous  worms  we  mortals  areJ 
Death  is  the  gate  to  endless  ;oy, 

And  yet  we  dread  to  enter  there. 

The  pains,  the  groans,  the  dying  strife, 
Kright  our  approaching  souls  away  ; 

AvkI  vre  shrink  Ixick  again  to  life, 
Fond  of  our  prison  and  our  clay. 

0  would  my  Lord  bis  servant  meet, 
My  soul  would  siretch  her  wings  in  haste, 

Fly  fearless  through  death's  iron  gate. 
Nor  feel  the  terrors  as  she  pass'd. 

Jesus  can  make  a  dying  bed 
Feel  soft  as  downy  pillows  are. 

When  on  his  breast  I  lean  my  head, 
And  breathe  my  life  out  sweetly  there. 


Teacher.  Man  that  is  born  of  a  woman  is  of  few- 
days,  and  is  full  of  trouble.  He  cometh  forth  like  a 
flower,  and  is  cut  down  ;  he  fleeth  also  as  a  shadow,  and 
continueth  not.     Job  xiv.  1,  2. 

Scholars.  As  for  man,  his  days  are  as  grass,  as  a 
flower  of  the  field,  so  he  flourisheth.  For  the  wind 
passeth  over  it,  and  it  is  gone  ;  and  the  place  thereof 
shall  know  it  no  more.     Ps.  ciii.  15,  16. 

Teach.  Behold,  thou  hast  made  my  days  as  a  hand- 
breadth  ;  and  mine  age  is  as  notliing  before  thee ;  verily 
every  man  at  his  best  state  is  altogether  vanity.  Ps. 
XXX  ix.  5. 

Schol.  Is  there  not  an  appointed  time  to  man  upon 
earth?  are  not  his  days  also  like  the  days  of  an  hireling? 
Job.  vii.  1. 

Teach  His  days  are  determined  :  the  number  of  his 
214 


FIFTH    THURSDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  215 

months  are  with  thee  ;  thou  hast  appointed  his  bounds 
that  he  cannot  pass.     Job  xiv.  5. 

ScHOL,  God  hath  made  of  one  blood,  all  nations  of 
the  earth  ;  and  hath  determined  the  times,  before  ap- 
pointed, and  the  bounds  of  their  habitation.  Acts  xvii.  26. 

Teach.  The  days  of  our  years  are  threescore  years 
and  ten  ;  and  if  by  reason  of  strength  they  be  fourscore 
years,  yet  is  their  strength  labor  and  sorrow,  for  it  is 
soon  cut  off,  and  we  flee  away.     Ps.  xc.  10. 

ScHOL.  My  days  are  swifter  than  a  weaver's  shuttle, 
and  are  spent  without  hope.     Job.  vii.  6. 

Teach.  They  are  passed  away  as  the  swift  ships — as 
the  eagle  that  hasteth  to  the  prey.     Job,  ix.  26. 

ScHOL.  When  a  few  years  are  come,  then  I  shall  go 
the  way  whence  I  shall  not  return.     Job  xvi.  22. 

Teach.  For  what  is  your  life?  it  is  even  a  vapor, 
that  appeareth  for  a  little  time,  and  then  vanisheth  away. 
James  iv.  14. 

ScHOL.  Man  dieth,  and  wasteth  away  ;  yea,  mau 
giveth  up  the  ghost,  and  where  is  he  ?     Job   xiv.  10. 

Teach.  Thou  prevailest  forever  against  him,  and  he 
passeth  ;  thou  changest  his  countenance,  and  sendest  him 
away.     Job  xiv.  20. 

Schol.  One  dieth  in  his  full  strength,  being  wholly  at 
ease,  and  quiet :  his  breasts  are  full  of  milk,  and  his  bones 
are  moistened  with  mari'ow.     Job  xxi.  23,  24. 

Teach.  And  another  dieth  in  the  bitterness  of  his 
■soul,  and  never  eateth  with  pleasure  :  they  shall  lie 
down  alike  in  the  dust,  and  the  v/orms  shall  cover  them. 
Job  xxi.  25,  26. 

Schol.  What  man  is  he  that  liveth,  and  snail  not  see 
death?  Shall  he  deliver  his  soul  from  the  nand  of  the 
grave?     Ps.  Ixxxix.  48. 

Teach.  It  is  appointed  unto  men  once  to  die,  but  af- 
ter this  the  judgment.     Heb.  ix.  27. 

Schol.  Lord  make  me  to  know  mine  end,  and  the 
measure  of  my  days,  what  it  is,  that  I  may  know  how 
frail  I  am.     Ps.  xxxix.  4. 


216  MANUAL   OF   DEVOTION. 

Lord,  thou  hast  been  our  dwelling  place  in  all  genera- 
tions. Before  the  mountains  were  brought  forth,  or  ever 
thou  hadst  formed  the  earth  and  the  world,  even  from 
everlasting  to  everlasting,  thou  art  God.  But  we  who 
dwell  in  houses  of  clay,  whose  foundation  is  in  the  dust, 
are  crushed  before  the  moth..  Thou  art  the  same,  yester- 
day, to-day,  and  forever,  and  thy  years  shall  have  no  end  ; 
but  our  days  are  as  a  hand-breadth,  and  our  age  is  as 
nothing,  before  thee.  Man  that  is  born  of  a  woman,  is  of 
few  days,  and  is  full  of  trouble.  He  cometh  forth  like  a 
flower,  and  is  cut  down ;  he  fleeth  also  as  a  shadow,  and 
continueth  not. 

For  what  is  our  life?  it  is  even  a  vapor,  that  appeareth 
for  a  little  time,  and  then  vanisheth  away.  Our  friends 
and  relations  die;  the  fathei's,  where  are  they?  And  the 
prophets,  do  they  live  forever?  But  the  Lord  liveth : 
Blessed  be  our  rock !  Let  the  God  of  our  salvation  be  ex- 
alted !  Sensible  of  the  frailty  and  evanescence  of  our  mortal 
natures,  0  God  most  holy,  0  Lord  most  mighty,  we  would 
fly  to  thee  for  succor,  and  take  refuge  at  the  foot  of  thy 
throne.  May  the  eternal  God  be  our  refuge,  and  under- 
neath us  be  the  everlasting  arms.  So  teach  us  to  number 
our  days,  that  we  may  apply  our  hearts  to  wisdom  ;  and 
may  it  be  our  chief  wisdom  to  know  thee,  the  only  true 
God,  and  Jesus  Christ  whom  thou  hast  sent. 

And  while  we  feel  that  we  are  but  strangers  and  pil- 
grims upon  earth,  as  all  our  fathers  were,  may  we  declare 
plainly  that  we  seek  a  city,  whose  builder  and  maker  is 
God.  Give  us  faith  in  Christ  to  support  us  through  life's 
pilgrimage  ;  and  when  we  have  passed  the  v/ilderness,  and 
entered  the  dark  valley,  and  behold  the  swellings  of  Jor- 
dan, may  faith  in  the  Redeemer  enable  us  to  sing;  "Yea, 
though  I  walk  through  the  valley  of  the  shadow  of  death, 
I  will  fear  no  evil ;  for  thou  art  with  me  ;  thy  rod  and  thy 
staff,  they  comfoi't  me<"    Our  Father,  who  art,  &c. 


RESURRECTION. 


iFiftlj   E\)ux3tinv  in  t\)z  ittontj).     Hbenfnfi. 


H  Y  M  N    125.        s.  M. 

Backus. 
IN  ftxpectation  sweet, 

We  wail,  and  sin?,  and  pray. 
Till  Christ's  triumphal  car  we  meet, 

And  see  an  endless  day. 

He  comes!— the  Conqu'ror  comes; 

Death  falls  beneath  his  sword ; 
The  joyful  pris'ners  burst  their  lombs, 

And  rise  to  meet  llieir  Lord. 

The  trumpet  sounds,— Awake!— 
Ye  dead,  to  judgment  come  ! 

The  pillars  of  creation  shalce, 
While  hell  receives  her  doom. 

Thrice  happy  mom  for  those 
Who  love  the  ways  of  peace; 

No  night  of  sorrow  e'er  shall  clos«, 
Or  shade  their  perfect  bliss. 


HYMN    126.        c.  M. 

Shepham. 
WHEN  rising  from  the  bed  of  death, 

O'erwhelmed  with  guilt  and  fear, 
I  view  my  Maker  face  to  face,— 

O  how  shall  I  appear? 

If  yet,  while  pardon  may  be  found, 

And  mercy  may  be  souglit, 
My  soul  with  inwanl  horror  shrinks, 

And  trembles  at  the  thought : 

When  thou,  O  Lord,  shall  stand  dlfclcaed 

In  majesty  severe, 
And  sit  in  judgment  on  my  soul,— 
O  how  shall  I  appear  7 

O  may  my  broken,  contrite  heart, 

Timely  my  sins  lament; 
And  early,  with  repentaui  tears. 

Eternal  wo  prevent. 


Teacher.  If  a  man  die,  shall  he  live  afi:ain  ?  Job  xiv. 
14. 

Scholars.  I  have  hope  toward  God,  that  there  shall 
be  a  resurrection  of  the  dead,  both  of  the  just,  and  the  un- 
just.    Acts  xxiv.  15. 

Teach.  Why  should  it  be  thought  a  thing  incredible 
with  you,  that  God  should  raise  the  dead  ?    Acts  xxvi.  8. 

ScHOL.  Many  of  them  that  sleep  in  the  dust  of  the 
earth,  shall  awake,  some  to  everlastin.g  life,  and  some  to 
shame  and  everlasting  contempt.     Dan.  xii   2. 

Teach.  As  touching  the  resurrection  of  the  dead,  have 
ye  not  read,  that  which  was  spoken  unto  you  by  God, 
saying,  I  am  the  God  of  Abraham,  and  the  God  of  Isaac, 
and  the  God  of  Jacob  ;  God  is  not  the  God  of  the  dead, 
but  of  the  living.     Matt.  xxii.  31.  32. 

Schol.  I  know  that  my  Redeemer  liveth  ;  and  that 
19  217 


218 


MANUAL     OF     DEVOTION. 


he  shall  stand  at  the  latter  day  upon  the  earth,  and  though 
after  my  skin  worms  destroy  this  body,  yet  in  my  flesh 
shall  I  see  God,  whom  I  shall  see  for  myself,  and  mine 
eyes  shall  behold,  and  not  another,  though  my  reins  be 
consumed  within  me.     Job  xix.  25,  26,  27. 

Teach.  We  know  that  if  our  earthly  house  of  this 
tabernacle  were  dissolved,  we  have  a  building  of  God,  a 
house  not  made  with  hands,  eternal  in  the  heavens.  2 
Cor.  v.  1. 

ScHOL.  In  this  we  groan,  earnestly  desiring  to  be 
clothed  upon,  with  our  house  which  is  from  heaven.  2 
Cor.  V.  2. 

Teach.  God  hath  both  raised  up  the  Lord,  and  will 
also  raise  up  us  by  his  own  power.     1  Cor.  vi.  14. 

ScHOL.  For  as  in  Adam  all  die,  even  so  in  Christ  shall 
all  be  made  alive.     1  Cor.  xv.  22. 

Teach.  If  there  be  no  resurrection  of  the  dead,  then 
is  Christ  not  risen  ;  and  if  Christ  be  not  risen,  then  is  our 
preaching  vain,  and  your  f^ith  is  also  vain.  1  Cor.  xv. 
13,  14. 

ScHOL.  But  now  is  Christ  risen  from  the  dead,  and 
become  the  first  fruits  of  them  that  slept.     1  Cor.  xv.  20. 

Teach.  He  which  raised  up  the  Lord  Jesus,  sliall 
raise  up  us  also  by  Jesus,  and  shall  present  us  with  you. 
2  Cor.  iv.  14. 

ScHOL.  Some  man  will  say,  how  are  the  dead  raised 
up.^  and  with  what  body  do  they  come.     1  Cor.  xv.  35. 

Teach.  It  is  sown  in  dishonor,  it  is  raised  in  glory  : 
It  is  sown  in  weakness,  it  is  raised  in  power  :  it  is  sown 
a  natural  body,  it  is  raised  a  spiritual  body.  1  Cor.  xv. 
43,  44. 

Schol.  For  this  corruptible  must  put  on  incorruption, 
and  this  mortal  must  put  on  immortality  ;  so  when  this 
corruptible  shall  have  put  on  incorruption,  and  this  mor- 
tal shall  have  put  on  immortality  ;  then  shall  be  brought 
to  pass  the  saying  that  is  written.  Death  is  swallowed  up 
in  victory.     1  Cor.  xv.  53,  54. 


FIFTH   THURSDAY   IN   THE   MONTH.  219 

Almighty  and  eternal  God,  our  heavenly  Father,  we 
adore  thee  for  thy  benevolence  in  our  creation,  and  thy 
infinite  compassion  and  mercy,  in  our  redemption.  We 
bless  thee  that  while  we  lay  under  the  curse  of  a  broken 
law,  exposed  to  eternal  condemnation,  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  by  his  sufferings  and  death  satisfied  divine  justice, 
and  by  his  resurrection  and  glorious  ascension  brought 
life  and  immortality  to  light,  in  the  gospel. 

Blessed  Jesus !  thou  art  the  resurrection  and  the  life ; 
he  that  believeth  in  thee,  though  he  were  dead,  yet  shall 
he  live  ;  and  whosoever  liveth  and  believeth  in  thee,  shall 
never  die.  O  give  us  faith  in  thee,  and  raise  our  souls 
from  the  death  of  sin  to  a  life  of  righteousness,  that  we 
may  follow  thee  upon  earth,  and  after  our  sleep  in  dust, 
may  be  deemed  worthy  to  rise  in  the  morning  of  the  re- 
surrection, when  this  corruptible  shall  put  on  incorrup- 
tion,  and  this  mortal  shall  put  on  immortality. 

And  when  our  years  are  spent  as  a  tale  that  is  told ; 
when  our  days  are  past,  and  our  pui-poses  broken  off; 
when  in  view  of  the  winding-sheet  and  the  narrow  house 
appointed  to  all  living,  we  shall  say  to  corruption,  Thou 
axt  my  father,  and  to  the  worm.  Thou  art  my  mother  and 
my  sister ;  fill  our  hearts  with  faith  triumphant,  that  we 
may  exult  in  hope  of  the  glory  of  God  ;  "  I  know  that  my 
Redeemer  liveth  ;  and  that  he  shall  stand  at  the  latter  day 
upon  the  earth,  and  though  after  my  skin,  worms  destroy 
this  body,  yet  in  my  flesh  shall  I  see  God,  whom  I  shall 
see  for  myself,  and  mine  eyes  shall  behold,  and  not  an- 
other, though  my  reins  be  consuined  within  me.  0  death, 
where  is  thy  sting?  0  grave,  where  is  thy  victory? 
Thanks  be  luito  God  who  giveth  us  the  victory,  through 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ!"  Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven, 
hallowed  be  thy  name:  thy  kingdom  come:  thy  will  be 
done  in  earth  as  it  is  in  heaven :  give  us  this  day  our 
daily  bread :  and  forgive  us  our  trespasses,  &c. 


JUDGMENT. 


jFift!)  j^ritiao   fix  tlje  fSontl).     f^aocninfl. 


H  Y  M  N    127.         L.  M. 

Wisdom. 
HE  reigns— the  Lord  the  Saviour  reigns: 
Praise  him  in  evangelic  strains : 
Lei  the  whole  earth  in  songs  rejoice ; 
And  distant  islands  join  their  voice. 

Deep  are  his  counsels,  and  unknown ; 
But  grace  and  truth  support  his  throne  : 
Tlioueh  gloomy  clouds  his  ways  surround, 
Justice  is  their  eternal  ground. 

Ill  robes  of  Juclgment,  lo,  he  comes  t 
Shrikes  the  wide  earth  uixl  cleaves  the  torabs ; 
before  him  burns  devouring  fire ! 
The  mountains  melt,  the  seas  retire  1 

His  enemies,  with  sore  dis.tiay, 
Fly  from  the  sight  and  shun  the  day  : 
Then  lift  your  heads,  ye  saints,  on  high, 
And  sing,  for  your  redemption's  nigh. 


HYMN     128.         s.  M. 
Doomsday. 
BEHOLD  !  with  awful  pomp 

The  Judge  prepares  to  come  ; 
The  archangel  sounds  the  dreadful  trumpi 
And  wakes  the  gen'ral  doom. 

Nature  in  wild  amaze, 

Her  dissolution  mourns ; 
Blushes  of  blood  the  moon  deface; 

'I'be  sun  lo  darkness  turns. 

Tlie  living  lock  with  dread ; 

Tlie  frighted  dead  arise. 
Start  from  the  ir.oiiuraenlal  bed, 

And  lift  their  ghastly  eyes. 

Horrors  all  hearts  appal; 

They  qtiake,  they  shriek,  Ihey  cry; 
Bid  rocks  and  mountains  oa  lliem  fall; 

But  rocks  and  mountains  fly. 


Teacher.  It  is  appointed  unto  men  once  to  die,  but 
after  this  the  judgment.     Heb.  ix.  27. 

Scholars.  Every  one  of  us  shall  give  account  (5f  him- 
self to  God.     Rom.  xiv.  12. 

Teach.  God  shall  judge  the  righteous  and  the  wicked. 
Eccl.  iii.  17. 

ScHOL.  I  saw  a  great  white  throne,  and  him  that  sat 
on  it,  from  whose  face  the  earth  and  the  heaven  fled  away, 
and  there  was  found  no  place  for  them.     Rev.  xx.  11. 

Teach.  And  I  saw  the  dead,  small  and  great,  stand 
before  God  ;  and  the  books  were  opened  ;  and  another 
book  was  opened,  which  is  the  book  of  life  ;  and  the 
dead  were  judged  out  of  those  things  which  were  written 
in  the  books,  according  to  their  works.    Rev.  xx.  12. 

ScHOL.  Rejoice,  0  young  man  in  thy  youth,  and  let 
thy  heart  cheer  thee  in  the  days  of  thy  youth,  and  walk 
220 


FIFTH    FRIDAY    IN    THE    MONTH.  ^1 

in  the  ways  of  thine  heart,  and  in  the  sight  of  thine  eyes  ; 
but  know  thou  that  for  all  these  things,  God  will  bring 
thee  into  judgment.     Eccl.  xi.  9. 

Teach.  For  God  shall  bring  every  work  into  judg- 
ment, with  every  secret  thing,  whether  it  be  good,  or 
whether  it  be  evil.     Eccl.  xii.  14. 

ScuoL.  Every  idle  word  that  men  shall  speak,  they 
shall  give  account  thereof  in  the  day  of  judgment.  Matt. 
Xii.  .%. 

Teach.  In  the  day  when  God  shall  judge  the  secreta 
of  men  by  Jesus  Christ.     Rom.  ii.  16. 

ScHOL.  The  day  of  the  Lord  so  corneth  as  a  thief  in 
the  night.     1  Thess.  v.  2. 

Teach.  The  sun  shall  he  darkened,  and  the  moon 
shall  not  give  her  light  ;  and  the  stars  of  heaven  shall 
fall ;  and  the  powers  that  are  in  heaven  shall  be  shaken. 
Mark  xiii.  24,  25. 

ScHOL.  And  then  shall  tliey  see  the  Son  of  man  com- 
ing in  the  clouds  with  great  pomp  and  glory.  Mark  xiii.  26. 

Teach.  Who  shall  give  account  to  him  that  is  ready 
to  judge  the  quick  and  the  dead.     1  Pet,  iv.  5. 

ScHOL.  The  Lord  Jesus  Christ  shall  judge  the  quick 
and  the  dead  at  his  appearing.     2  Tim.  iv.  1. 

Teach.  But  of  that  day  and  that  hour,knowethno  man, 
no,  not  the  angels  which  are  in  heaven.    Mark  xiii.  32. 

Schol.  The  times  of  this  ignorance,  God  winked  at ; 
but  now  commandeth  all  men  every  where  to  repent,  be- 
tause  he  hath  appointed  a  day,  in  the  which  he  will  judge 
the  world  in  righteousness,  by  that  man  whom  he  hath 
ordained.    Acts  xvii.  30,  31. 

Teach.  The  end  of  all  things  is  at  hand,  be  ye  there- 
fore sober,  and  watch  unto  prayer.     1  Pet.  iv.  7. 

Schol.  Let  us  not  sleep  as  do  others  ;  but  let  us 
watch  and  be  sober.  For  they  that  sleep,  sleep  in  the 
night ;  and  they  that  be  drunken,  are  drunken  in  the 
night ;  but  let  us,  who  are  of  the  day,  be  sober.  1  Thess 
V.  6,  7. 

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222  MANUAL    OF   DEVOTION. 

3.3  raj)  cr. 

Almighty  God,  our  heavenly  Father,  Maker  of  all 
things,  Judge  of  all  men!  thou  hast  appointed  unto  men 
once  to  die,  and  after  this  the  judgment,  when  every  one 
of  us  shall  give  an  account  of  himself  to  God,  and  thou 
wilt  judge  the  secrets  of  all  hearts,  whether  they  be  good 
or  evil.  Oh,  may  we  live  under  the  constant  impression  of 
this  solemn  truth,  that  all  our  words  and  actions  are  under 
the  observation  of  our  Creator  and  Judge,  who  is  a  God  of 
infinite  purity,  inflexible  justice  and  almighty  power. 

God  of  benevolence  and  mercy,  we  have  reason  to  bless 
thee,  that  before  we  are  summoned  by  the  voice  of  the 
archangel  and  the  trump  of  God,  with  the  quick  and  dead, 
to  stand  before  thy  dread  tribunal,  we  are  invited  in  the 
gospel,  to  come  boldly  to  the  throne  of  grace,  there  to  ob- 
tain mercy,  and  find  grace  to  help  in  time  of  need.  God  of 
compassion,  pardon  our  sins,  and  sanctify  our  hearts,  and 
prepare  them  for  the  solemnities  of  death,  and  the  realities 
of  that  awful  clay,  when  thy  thunders  shall  shake  the  poles, 
and  the  mighty  angel  shall  set  his  right  foot  upon  the  sea, 
and  his  left  foot  upon  the  earth,  and  swear  by  him  that 
liveth  forever  and  ever,  that  time  shall  be  no  longer. 

And  when  the  great  white  throne  shall  descend,  with 
him  that  sitteth  thereon  ;  while  the  wicked  shall  say  to  the 
mountains  and  rocks,  "  Fall  on  us,  and  hide  us  from  the 
face  of  him  that  sitteth  upon  the  throne,  and  from  the 
wrath  of  the  Lamb  ;"  may  we  hail  the  appearance  of  our 
Saviour  and  Judge  ;  "  Even  so,  come,  Lord  Jesus."  And 
when  the  earth  and  sea  shall  give  up  their  dead,  and  the 
books  shall  be  opened,  and  the  dead  judged  out  of  the 
things  that  are  written  therein,  according  to  their  works, 
grant  that  our  names  may  be  found  written  in  the  Lamb's 
book  of  life,  and  that  we  may  receive  the  welcome  plau- 
dits, "  Come  ye  blessed  of  my  Father,  inherit  the  kingdom 
prepared  for  you  from  the  foundation  of  the  world,"  Our 
Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy  name,  &c. 


HAPPINESS  OF  THE  KIGHTEOUS. 


iJiftl)  ifciliaj   in   t!)e  fHontf).     3Ebenfno. 


HYMN    129.       p.  M. 

Happy  Lend, 
THERE  is  a  happy  land,  far,  far  a\»av,— 

Where  saints  iu  glory  stand. 
Bright,  bright  as  day  ; 

O  haw  they  sweetly  sing,— 

Worthy  is  our  Saviour  ICing; 
Loud  let  his  praises  ring  forever  more. 
Come  to  this  happy  land,  come,  come  away ; 

Why  will  ye  doubling  slaod  1 
Why  still  delay? 

O  we  shall  happy  be. 

When,  from  sin  and  sorrow  free, 
Lord,  we  shall  live  with  thee,  blest  evermore. 
Pright  in  that  happy  land,  beams  every  eye; 

Kept  by  a  Father's  hand, 
Love  cannot  die. 

O,  then,  to  glory  run  ; 

Be  a  crown  and  kingdom  won 
Aixl,  bright  above  the  sua,  reign  evermore. 


HYMN    130.        c.  M. 

Varina. 
THERR  is  a  land  of  pure  delight, 

Where  saints  immortal  reign  ; 
Infinite  day  excludes  the  night. 

And  pleasures  banish  pain. 

There  everlasting  spring  abiles, 
And  never-wiih'ring  flowers : 

Death,  like  a  narrow  sea    divides 
This  heavenly  land  from  ours. 

Sweet  fields  beyond  the  swelling  flood 
Stand  dress'd  in  living  green ; 

So  to  the  Jews  old  Canaan  stood, 
While  Jordan  roli'd  between. 

Could  we  but  climb  where  Moses  stood. 
And  view  the  landscape  o'er, 

Not  Jordan's  stream  nor  death's  cold  flood, 
Should  fright  us  from  the  shore. 


Teacher.  Godliness  is  profitable  unto  all  things,  hav- 
ing promise  of  the  life  that  now  is,  and  of  that  which  is 
to  come.     1  Tim.  iv.  8. 

Scholars.  Blessed  are  they  that  do  his  command- 
ments, that  they  may  have  right  to  the  tree  of  life,  and  may 
enter  in  through  the  gates  unto  the  city.     Rev.  xxii.  14. 

Teach.  Lay  up  for  yourselves  treasures  in  heaven, 
where  neither  moth  nor  rust  doth  corrupt  ;  and  where 
thieves  do  not  break  through,  nor  steal.     Matt.  vi.  20. 

ScHOL.  He  hath  begotten  us  again  unto  a  lively  hope, 
by  the  resurrection  of  Jesus  Christ  from  the  dead,  to  an 
inheritance  incorruptible,  and  undefiled,  and  that  fadeth 
not  away,  reserved  in  heaven  for  you.     1  Pet.  3,  4. 

Teach.     Eye  hath   not  seen,  nor   ear   heard,    neither 
have  entered  into  the  heart  of  man  the  things  which  God 
hath  prepared  for  them  that  love  him.     1  Cor.  ii.  9 
223 


224 


MANUAL    OF    DEVOTION. 


ScHOL.  We,  according  to  his  promise,  look  for  new 
heavens,  and  a  new  earth,  wherein  dwelleth  righteous- 
ness.    2  Pet.  iii.  13. 

Teach.  The  Lord  God  Almighty,  and  the  Lamb  are 
the  temple  of  it ;  the  glory  of  God  did  lighten  it  ;  and 
the  Lamb  is  the  light  thereof.     Rev.  xxi.  22,  23. 

ScHOL.  And  they  shall  see  his  face,  and  his  name 
shall  be  in  their  foreheads — the  Lord  God  giveth  them 
light :  and  they  shall  reign  forever  and  ever.  Rev.  xxii. 
4,5. 

Teach.  To  him  that  overcometh,  will  I  grant  to  sit 
with  me  in  my  throne,  even  as  I  also  overcame,  and  am 
set  down  with  my  Father  in  his  throne.     Rev.  iii.  21. 

ScHOL.  They  are  before  the  throne  of  God  ;  and  serve 
him  day  and  night  in  his  temple  :  and  he  that  sitteth  on 
the  throne  shall  dwell  among  them.     Rev.  vii.  15. 

Teach.  These  are  they  which  follow  the  Lamb 
whithersoever  he  goeth  :  these  were  redeemed  from  among 
men  ;  being  the  first  fruits  unto  God,  and  to  the  Lamb. 
Rev.  xiv.  4. 

Schol.  Thou  wilt  shew  me  the  path  of  life :  in  thy 
presence  is  fulness  of  joy  :  at  thy  right  hand,  there  are 
pleasures  for  evermore.     Ps.  xvi.  11. 

Teach.  The  sun  shall  be  no  more  thy  light  by  day, 
neither  for  brightness  shall  the  moon  give  light  unto  thee  ; 
but  the  Lord  shall  be  unto  thee  an  everlasting  light,  and 
thy  God  thy  glory.     Isa.  Ix.  19. 

Schol.  The  inhabitants  shall  not  say,  I  am  sick  ;  the 
people  that  dwell  therein  shall  be  forgiven  their  iniquity. 
Isa.  xxxiii.  24. 

Teach.  They  shall  hunger  no  more,  neither  thirst  any 
more  ;  neither  shall  the  sun  light  on  them,  nor  any  heat. 
Rev.  vii.  16. 

Schol.  For  the  Lamb  which  is  in  the  midst  of  the 
throne  shall  feed  them,  and  shall  lead  them  unto  living 
fountains  of  water  ;  and  God  shall  wipe  away  all  teara 
from  their  eyes.    Rev.  vii.  17. 


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33  leaser. 

Thou  art  worthy,  0  Lord,  to  receive  glory,  and  honor, 
and  power ;  for  thou  hast  created  all  things,  and  for  thy 
pleasure  they  are,  and  were  created.  We  adore  thee  as 
our  Creator  and  God.  Create  us  anew  in  Christ  Jesus 
unto  righteousness  and  true  holiness,  that  we  may  honor 
thee  in  our  souls  and  bodies  which  are  thine. 

Blessed  Jesus!  we  adore  thee  as  our  Redeemer.  Thou 
"wast  delivered  for  our  offences,  and  rose  for  our  justifica- 
tion, that  thou  mightest  redeem  us  from  all  iniquity,  and 
purify  unto  thyself  a  peculiar  people,  zealous  of  good 
works.  Blessed  be  the  God  and  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  who  hath  begotten  us  again  unto  a  lively  hope,  by 
the  resurrection  of  Jesus  Christ  from  the  dead,  to  an  in- 
heritance, incorruptible,  undefiled,  and  that  fadeth  not 
away,  reserved  in  heaven  for  us! 

We  praise  thee,  our  Immanuel,  that  having  finished  the 
work  of  our  redemption  on  earth,  thou  hast  gone  to  pre- 
pare a  place  for  us  in  heaven,  and  that  thou  hast  left  the 
Holy  Spirit,  as  our  Comforter  and  Sanctifier,  to  prepare 
us  for  our  inheritance  with  the  saints  in  light.  Although 
eye  hath  not  seen,  nor  ear  heard,  neither  have  entered  into 
the  heart  of  man,  the  things  which  God  hath  prepared  for 
them  that  love  him,  we  bless  thee  that  we  know,  that  in 
thy  presence  is  fulness  of  joy;  at  thy  right  hand  there 
are  pleasures  for  evermore.  Weary  in  life's  pilgrimage, 
smitten  by  the  sun,  faint  with  sickness,  hungered,  and 
athirst,  we  thank  thee,  that  a  rest  remains  to  the  people 
of  God,  where  the  inhabitants  shall  not  say  :  I  am  sick  ; 
where  they  shall  hunger  no  more,  neither  thirst  any  more  ; 
neither  shall  the  sun  light  on  them,  nor  any  heat.  For 
the  Lamb  which  is  in  the  midst  of  the  throne,  shall  feed 
them,  and  shall  lead  them  unto  living  fountains  of  water; 
and  God  shall  wipe  away  all  tears  from  their  eyes.  Our 
Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy  name :  thy 
kingdom  come  :   thy  will  be  done  in  earth  as  it  is  in,  &c. 


MISERY  OF  THE  WICKED 


Sm\)   Saturtao   in  tte   |Hont!).     |Bocnfnfl. 


HYMN    131.         CM. 

Fear. 
TERRIBLE  thought !  shall  I  alone, 

Who  may  be  savel,  shall  I, 
Of  all  alas!  whom  I  have  kuown, 

Through  sin  forever  die? 

While  all  my  oH  companions  dear, 
With  whom  I  once  did  live, 

Joyful  at  GoJ's  right  hand  appear, 
A  blessing  to  receive  :— 

Shall  I,  amidst  a  ghastly  band, 
Dragg'd  to  the  judgment-seat. 

Far  on  the  left  with  horror  stand, 
My  fearful  doom  to  meet  7 

Ah!  no;— I  still  raay  turn  and  live, 

For  still  his  wrath  delays; 
He  now  vouchsafes  a  kind  reprieve 

And  offers  me  his  grace. 


HYMN    132.         s.  M. 

Murdoch. 
THERE  is  beyond  the  sky 

A  heaven  of  joy  and  love ; 
And  holy  children,  when  ihey  die, 

Go  to  that  world  above. 

There  Is  a  dreadful  hell. 

And  everlasting  pains ; 
There  sinners  must  with  devils  dwell. 

In  darkness,  fire,  and  chains. 

Can  such  a  child  as  I 

Escape  this  awful  end  7 
And  may  I  hope,  whene'er  I  die, 

1  shall  to  heaven  ascend  1 

Then  will  I  read  and  pray, 
While  I  have  life  and  breath ; 

Lest  I  should  be  cut  off  to-day, 
And  sent  10  eternal  deatJi. 


Teacher.  The  wicked  shall  be  turned  into  hell,  and 
all  the  nations  that  forget  God.     Ps.  ix.  17. 

Scholars.  Where  their  worm  dieth  not,  and  the  fire 
is  not  quenched.     Mark  ix.  48. 

Teach.  For  God  spared  not  the  angels  that  sinned, 
but  cast  them  down  to  hell,  and  delivered  them  into 
chains  of  darkness,  to  be  reserved  unto  judgment.  2 
Peter  ii  4. 

ScHOL.  Behold  the  day  cometh,  that  shall  burn  as  an 
oven  ;  and  all  the  proud,  yea,  and  all  that  do  wickedly, 
shall  be  stubble  ;  and  the  day  that  cometh  shall  burn 
them  up.  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.     Mai.  iv.  1. 

Teach.  The  day  of  the  Lord  so  cometh  as  a  thief  in 
the  night ;  for  when  they  shall  say,  peace  and  safety 
then  sudden  destruction  cometh  upon  them.  1  Thess.  r. 
2,3. 

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ScHOL.  The  Son  of  man  shall  send  forth  his  an^^els, 
and  they  shall  gather  out  of  his  kingdom  all  things  that 
offend  and  them  which  do  iniquity.     Matt.  xiii.  41. 

Teach.  And  shall  cast  them  into  a  furnace  of  fire, 
there  shall  be  wailing  and  gnashing  of  teeth.  Matt.  xiii.  42. 

ScHOL.  He  shall  say  to  them  on  the  left  hand,  Depart 
from  me,  ye  cursed,  into  everlasting  fire,  prepared  for  the 
devil  and  his  angels.     Matt.  xxv.  41. 

Teach.  For  I  was  a  hungered,  and  ye  gave  me  no 
meat  ;  I  was  thirsty,  and  ye  gave  me  no  drink  ;  I  was  a 
stranger,  and  ye  took  me  not  in  :  naked,  and  ye  clothed 
me  not  ;  sick,  and  in  prison,  and  ye  visited  me  not. 
Matt.  xxv.  42,  43. 

ScHOL.  Inasmuch  as  ye  did  it  not  to  one  of  the  least 
of  these,  ye  did  it  not  to  me  ;  and  these  sliall  go  away 
into  everlasting  punishment.     Matt.  xxv.  45,  46. 

Teach.  The  Lord  Jesus  shall  be  revealed  from  hea- 
ven, with  his  mighty  angels,  in  flaming  fire,  taking  ven- 
geance on  them  that  know  not  God,  and  that  obey  not  the 
gospel  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.     2  Thess.  i.  7,  8. 

ScHOL.  Who  shall  be  punished  with  everlasting  de- 
struction, from  the  presence  of  the  Lord,  and  from  the 
glory  of  his  power.     2  Thess.  i.  9. 

Teach.  Behold,  the  Lord  will  come  with  fire,  and 
with  his  chariots,  like  a  whirlwind, — to  render  his  anger 
with  fury,  and  his  rebuke  with  flames  of  fire.  Isa.  Ixvi. 
15. 

ScHOL.  It  is  a  fearful  thing  to  fall  into  the  hands  of 
the  living  God.     Heb.  x.  31. 

Teach.  Seek  the  Lord,  and  ye  shall  live  ;  lest  he 
break  out  like  fire,  and  devour,  and  there  be  none  to 
quench  it.     Amos  v.  6. 

ScHOL.     For  our  God  is  a  consuming  fire.  Heb.  xii.  29. 

Teach.  Wo  unto  the  wicked  !  it  shall  be  ill  with  him  : 
for  the  reward  of  his  hands  shall  be  given  him.  Isa.  iii.  11. 

ScHOL.  Wo  unto  their  soul!  for  they  have  rewarded 
evil  unto  themselves.     Is?.,  iii.  9. 


2^  MANUAL    OF  UEVOWON. 

0  Lord,  our  God  and  Father  in  Christ,  we  bless  thee 
that  thou  hast  raised  us  this  morning  from  our  beds  in 
health  and  strength,  and  permitted  us  to  assemble  in  thy 
gracious  presence,  to  seek  mercy,  and  find  grace  to  sus- 
tain us  this  day.  Leave  us  not,  we  pray  thee,  to  our  own 
weakness,  and  the  devices  of  our  own  hearts  ;  but  guide 
us  by  thy  wisdom,  strengthen  us  by  thy  might,  and  pre- 
serve us  from  all  unholy  thoughts,  unhallowed  tempers 
and  sinful  actions,  that  we  may  live  void  of  offence  to- 
wards thee,  and  all  those  with  whom  we  are  connected. 

May  the  solemn  truths  we  have  read  this  morning, 
make  suitable  impressions  upon  our  minds.  Teach  us, 
0  Lord,  to  compare  a  life  of  folly  with  a  life  of  wisdom, 
a  life  of  godliness  with  a  life  of  sin.  Show  us,  that, 
while  great  peace  have  they  that  keep  thy  law,  the  wicked 
are  like  the  troubled  sea  that  cannot  rest ;  that,  while  the 
hope  of  the  righteous  is  gladness,  the  expectation  of  the 
wicked  shall  perish  ;  that,  while  the  fear  of  the  Lord  pro- 
longeth  days,  the  years  of  the  wicked  are  shortened;  and 
that,  while  the  path  of  the  just  is  as  the  shining  light, 
that  shineth  more  and  more  unto  the  perfect  day,  the 
light  of  the  wicked  shall  be  dark  in  his  tabernacle,  and 
his  candle  shall  be  put  out  with  him.  0  give  us  to  see, 
that  those  who  sow  to  the  Spirit,  shall  reap  life  everlast- 
ing, while  the  wages  of  sin  is  death  ;  and  that  they  who 
do  his  commandments,  have  right  to  the  tree  of  life,  and 
shall  enter  in  through  the  gates  unto  the  heavenly  city, 
while  the  wicked  shall  be  turned  into  hell,  and  all  the  na- 
tions that  forget  God,  where  their  worm  dieth  not,  and 
the  fire  is  not  quenched. 

0  convince  us,  that  if  we  do  not  hearken  to  thy  call  of 
mercy,  we  shall  hear  the  thunders  of  thy  justice ;  if  we 
are  not  saved  by  thy  love,  we  shall  be  destroyed  in  thine 
anger ;  that  we  may  flee  from  the  wrath  to  come,  and  lay 
hold  upon  the  hope  set  before  us  in  the  gospel.    Our,&c. 


ASCEIPTION  OF  PRAISES  TO  GOD. 


i?ift|)  SaturliaD  in  tt)C  £B,on\\).     fEbcninfi. 


H  Y  M  N    133.        c.  M. 

PUty. 
PRAISE  ye  the  Lord,  ye  immortal  choiii 

That  fill  the  worlds  above  ; 
Praise  him  who  fomi'd  you  of  his  fires, 

And  feeds  you  wiili  his  love. 
Shine  to  his  praise,  ye  crystal  ekies, 

The  floor  of  his  abode ; 
Or  veil  in  shades  your  tbonsaod  eyes 

Before  your  brighter  God. 
Thou  restless  globe  of  golden  light, 

Whose  beams  create  our  days. 
Join  with  the  silver  queen  of  night, 

To  own  your  borrow'd  rays. 
Thunder  and  hail,  and  fire  and  storms. 

The  troops  of  his  command, 
Appear  in  all  your  dreadful  forms. 

And  speak  his  awful  hand. 
Shout  to  the  Lord,  ye  surging  seas, 

In  your  eternal  roar  ; 
Let  wave  to  wave  resound  bis  praise, 

And  shore  reply  to  shore. 


H  Y  M  N    134.        L.  M. 

Hamner. 
O  PRAISE  the  Lord  in  that  blest  place 

From  whence  his  goodness  largely  flows ; 
Praise  him  in  heaven,  where  he  his  face^ 

U'nveii'd,  in  perfect  glory  shows. 
Praise  him  for  all  the  m:?hty  acts 

Which  he  in  our  behalf  has  done ; 
His  kindness  (his  return  exacts, 

With  which  our  praise  should  equal  run. 
Let  the  shrill  trumpet's  warlike  voice 

Make  rocks  and  hills  his  praise  rebound  ; 
Praise  him  with  harp's  melodious  noise, 

And  gentle  psaltery's  silver  sound. 
Let  them  who  joyful  hymns  compose. 

To  cymbals  set  their  songs  of  praise  : 
To  well-tuned  cymbals,  and  to  (hose 

That  loi'.dly  sound  on  solemn  days. 
Let  all  that  vital  breath  enjoy, 

The  breath  he  does  to  them  afibid 
In  just  reiurns  of  praise  employ  : 

Let  every  creature  praise  the  Lord  I 


Teacher.  Praise  ye  the  Lord.'  Praise  ye  the  Lord 
from  the  heavens  :  praise  him  in  the  heights.  Ps.  cxlviii.  1. 

Scholars.  Praise  ye  him,  all  liis  angels  :  praise  ye 
him,  all  his  hosts.     Ps.  cxlviii.  2. 

Teach.  Praise  ye  him,  sun  and  moon  :  praise  him, 
all  ye  stars  of  light.     Ps.  cxlviii.  3. 

ScHOL.  Praise  him,  ye  heavens  of  heavens,  and  ye 
waters  that  be  above  the  heavens.     Ps.  cxlviii,  4. 

Teach.  Let  them  praise  the  name  of  the  Lord  :  for 
he  commanded,  and  they  were  created.     Ps.  cxlviii.  5. 

ScHOL.  He  hath  also  established  them  forever  and 
ever  :  he  hath  made  a  decree  which  shall  not  pass.  Ps. 
cxlviii.  6. 

Teach.     Praise  the  Lord  from  the  earth,  ye  dragona 
and  all  deeps.    Ps.  cxlviii.  7. 
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ScHOL.  Fire,  and  hail  ;  snow,  and  vapor  ;  stormy 
wind  fuIfilJing  his  word.     Ps,  cxlviii.  8. 

Teach.  Mountains  and  all  hills  ;  fruitful  trees,  and  all 
cedars.     Ps.  cxlviii.  9. 

ScHOL.  Beasts  and  all  cattle  ;  creeping^  things,  and 
flying  fowls.     Ps.  cxlviii.  10. 

Teach.  Kings  of  the  earth,  and  all  people  ;  princes, 
and  all  judges  of  the  earth.     Ps.  cxlviii.  11. 

ScHOL.  Both  young  men,  and  maidens  ;  old  men,  and 
children.     Ps.  cxlviii.  12. 

Teach.  Let  them  praise  the  name  of  the  Lord,  for  his 
name  alone  is  excellent  ;  his  glory  is  above  the  earth  and 
heaven.     Ps.  cxlviii.  13. 

Schol.  He  also  exalteth  the  horn  of  his  people,  the 
praise  of  all  his  saints  :  even  of  the  children  of  Israel,  a 
people  near  unto  him.  Praise  ye  the  Lord.  Ps.  cxlviii.  14. 

Teach.  Praise  ye  the  name  of  the  Lord  ;  praise  him, 
0  ye  servants  of  the  Lord.     Ps.  cxxxv.  1. 

Schol.  Ye  that  stand  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  in  the 
courts  of  the  house  of  our  God.     Ps.  cxxxv.  2. 

Teach.  Praise  the  Lord,  for  the  Lord  is  good  :  sing 
praises  unto  his  name  ;  for  it  is  pleasant.     Ps.  cxxxv.  3. 

Schol.  Praise  ye  the  Lord.  Praise  the  Lord,  0  my 
soul.     Ps.  cxlvi.  1. 

Teach.  Praise  ye  the  Lord.  Praise  God  in  his  sanc- 
tuary :  praise  him  in  the  firmament  of  his  power.  Ps. 
cl.  1. 

Schol.  Praise  him  for  his  mighty  acts  :  praise  him 
according  to  his  excellent  greatness.     Ps.  cl.  2. 

Teach.  Praise  him  with  the  sound  of  the  trumpet  : 
praise  him  with  the  psaltery  and  harp.     Ps.  cl,  3. 

Schol.  Praise  him  with  the  timbrel  and  dance  :  praise 
him  with  stringed  instruments  and  organs.     Ps.  cl.  4. 

Teach.  Praise  him  upon  the  loud  cymbals  :  praise 
him  upon  the  high-sounding  cymbals.     Ps.  cl.  5. 

Schol.  Let  every  thing  that  hath  breath  praise  the 
Lord.     Praise  ye  the  Lord.     Ps.  cl.  G. 


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We  praise  thee,  0  God  ;  praise  waiteth  for  thee  in  Zion  ; 
and  unto  thee  shall  the  vow  be  performed.  It  is  a  good 
thing  to  give  thanks  unto  the  Lord,  and  to  sing  praises 
unto  thy  name,  0  Most  High  ;  to  show  forth  thy  loving- 
kindness  in  the  morning,  and  thy  faithfulness  every  night. 
All  thy  works  praise  thee,  0  God.  Thou  art  glorified  in 
the  sun  and  moon,  and  in  all  the  stars  of  light;  in  the 
heaven  of  heavens,  and  in  the  waters  that  be  under  the 
heavens;  for  thou  didst  command,  and  they  were  created. 

All  thy  creatures  praise  thee,  0  God  ;  angels,  and  all 
the  shining  hosts;  kings  of  the  earth,  and  all  people; 
princes,  and  all  judges  of  the  earth  ;  both  young  men,  and 
maidens  ;  old  men,  and  children.  Let  them  praise  the 
name  of  the  Lord,  for  his  name  alone  is  excellent;  his 
glory  is  above  the  earth  and  heavens.  While  angels,  and 
archangels  adore  thee  in  the  heights,  crying:  "  Holy,  holy, 
holy,  is  the  Lord  God  of  Sabaoth  ;  heaven  and  earth  are 
full  of  thy  glory;"  we,  thy  lower  creation,  would  this  eve- 
ning raise  a  fresh  memorial,  and  inscribe  it  to  the  God  of 
our  salvation;  "  Hitherto  hath  the  Lord  helped  us."  We 
will  praise  thee,  0  Lord,  for  thy  mercy  endureth  forever. 
Blessed  be  the  Lord  God,  who  daily  loadeth  us  with  bene- 
fits ;  even  ihe  God  of  our  salvation ! 

We  praise  thee,  0  God  the  Father,  as  our  Creator;  thou 
hast  made  us,  and  not  we  ourselves.  We  praise  thee,  0 
God  the  Son,  as  our  Redeemer;  thou  hast  redeemed  us  by 
thy  precious  blood,  as  of  a  lamb  without  spot  and  blemish. 
We  praise  thee,  0  God  the  Holy  Ghost,  as  our  Sanctifier; 
thou  dost  cleanse  us  from  all  sin.  0  holy,  blessed,  and 
glorious  Trinity,  three  persons  and  one  God  ;  help  us  to 
love  and  praise  thee  upon  earth;  and  bring  us  with  Cheru- 
bim and  Seraphim,  with  the  glorious  company  of  the 
Apostles,  the  goodly  fellowship  of  the  Prophets,  the  noble 
army  of  Martyrs,  and  the  general  Assembly  and  Church 
of  the  first-born,  to  praise  thee  in  heaven,  through  Christ 
Jesus,  our  Lord      Amen!     Our  Father,  who  art,  &c. 


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ffirace  befovc  i^acat. 

I.  Bountiful  Giver  of  every  good  and  perfect  gift,  thy 
hand  is  ever  open  to  bless  thy  needy  creatures.  Let  thy 
blessing  descend  on  this  food,  to  nourish  our  bodies;  and 
give  us  the  bread  of  life,  to  sustain  our  souls,  through 
Christ  the  Redeemer.     Amen! 

II.  Almighty  God,  the  eyes  of  all  wait  on  thee,  ^nd 
thou  givest  them  their  meat  in  due  season.  Bless,  we  pray 
thee,  the  present  offerings  of  thy  bounty  to  the  refreshment 
and  strengthening  of  our  bodies,  and  save  us  for  Christ's 
Bake.     Amen! 

III.  God  of  benevolence,  thy  tender  mercies  are  over 
all  thy  works.  Again  thou  hast  provided  for  our  returning 
wants.  Grant  us  thy  blessing  on  the  present  food,  pardon 
our  sins,  and  enable  us  to  live  to  thy  honor  and  glory. 
Amen! 

IV.  Author  of  all  good,  we  are  still  encompassed  by 
thy  mercy,  and  fed  of  thy  bounty.  Bless  to  our  use  the 
food  thou  hast  provided,  and  give  us  grace  to  live  to  thy 
glory,  as  we  live  upon  thy  bounty.     Amen! 

V.  Bless,  0  Lord,  we  entreat  thee,  this  food  to  the  sus- 
tenance of  our  bodies,  nourish  our  souls  with  thy  grace, 
and  bring  us  to  thy  heavenly  kingdom,  through  Jesua 
Christ.     Amen! 

VI.  Lord ,  thou  hast  again  spread  a  table  for  our  perish- 
ing bodies;  break  to  our  souls  the  bread  of  life,  that  we 
may  eat  and  live  forever,  through  Christ  Jesus.     Amen! 

VII.  Give  us  grace,  0  Lord,  to  partake  aright  of  this 
and  every  offering  of  thy  bounty,  that  whether  we  eat,  or 
drink,  or  whatever  we  do,  we  may  do  all  to  thy  glory 
Amen! 

VIII.  Sanctify,  0  Lord,  we  beseech  thee,  these  ofTer- 

ings  of  thy  bounty  to  our  use,  and  us  to  thy  service, 

through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.    Amen ! 
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CSracc  after  fHcat. 

I.  Author  of  all  our  comforts,  and  God  of  all  grace,  we 
thank  thee  for  the  rich  provision  made  for  our  temporal 
and  spiritual  wants,  and  especially  for  the  food  with  which 
we  have  now  been  refreshed.  Prepare  our  hearts  to  obey 
thee  upon  earth,  that  we  may  eat  bread  in  thy  heavenly 
kingdom. 

II.  Our  Father  and  God,  we  would  render  unto  thee 
our  grateful  acknowledgments  for  this  renewed  token  of 
thy  favor.  May  we  feel  under  increased  obligations  to 
love  and  serve  thee  for  all  thy  mercies,  through  Christ 
Jesus.     Amen! 

III.  Heavenly  Father,  we  have  again  been  fed  of  thy 
bounty.  What  shall  we  render  unto  thee  for  all  thy  bene- 
fits? O  help  us  to  show  our  gratitude  for  thy  mercies,  by 
walking  in  thy  ways  and  keeping  thy  commandments,  for 
the  sake  of  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen ! 

IV.  Our  gracious  Benefactor,  we  thank  thee  for  this 
token  of  thy  favor,  in  the  supply  of  our  bodily  wants. 
Enable  us  to  partake  of  the  provision  made  for  our  souls 
in  Christ  Jesus.  0  may  we  all  receive  of  his  fulness,  and 
grace  for  grace.     Amen! 

V.  Accept,  O  Lord,  our  thanks  for  the  food  which  we 
have  now  received,  and  enable  us  to  prove  the  sincerity  of 
our  gratitude,  by  the  obedience  of  our  lives,  through  the 
merits  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.     Amen ! 

VI.  We  bless  thee,  0  Lord,  for  this  refreshment  of  our 
bodies  ;  0  feed  our  souls  with  the  bread  of  life,  that  we 
may  grow  in  grace,  and  set  down  with  thee  at  thy  table, 
in  our  Father's  kingdom. 

VII.  Blessed  be  the  name  of  the  Lord,  for  this  and  all 
other  blessings  conferred  upon  us,  whether  temporal  or 
spiritual,  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen! 

VIII.  Blessed  be  the  Lord  God,  who  daily  loodeth  us 
with  benefits,  for  this  and  every  expression  of  his  loving- 
kindness,  through  Jesus  Christ.     Amen ! 

ii^osA  TP.  esa. 
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